Posted on 02/25/2025 12:42:14 PM PST by BenLurkin
The best chance to see as many planets as possible will be just after sunset on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Four of the planets - Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars - will be visible to the naked eye. Saturn will be harder to see because it will be low in the horizon. You will need a telescope to spot the other two planets - Uranus and Neptune.
A good view of the horizon and clear skies will offer the best chance of spotting them all. However, the window to see all seven planets will be very brief.
Dr Edward Bloomer, astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich said: "There's a rare opportunity to have seven planets in essentially a convenient place for you to look for them."
As the sun sets, Saturn and Mercury will also be setting, making them particularly difficult to see.
"You really only have a few minutes after sunset to catch them before they drop below the horizon. After that, you'll still be able to see Venus, Jupiter, and Mars clearly for a much longer time," Dr Bloomer added.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Will we see URANUS?..............
Only if you’re good.
The remaining pervert federal bureaucrats will be looking for Uranus.
Lol.
A Grand Syzygy?
One will need a telescope to see Uranus.
“Seven planets to be visible in night sky”
All will be well then.
“Heavenly bodies, all seven in a row.
Watching them turn
Watching them glow!
Include Pluto or I ain’t looking.
Anybody remember the big planetary alignment that was supposed to bring about the end of the world or something? It was quite a while ago, late 80s or early 90s maybe.
BBC article. Is it also true in the U.S. (Northeast here) that the best chance is just after sunset?
That sounds familiar. Did it involve running shoes?
I think so(?)
A decent pair of binoculars will work, too.
John Gribbin made the claim that 1982’s once-in-170some-year Grand Alignment (basically, all the planets being on the same side of the Sun at the same time) was associated with large quakes during Earth’s history.
It didn’t pan out. :^)
“The Jupiter Effect”, John Gribbin and Stephen Plagemann, 1974
That was it. Thanks.
This is it buddy !
The stars and planets aligned and we have Trump.
My pleasure.
Venus and Jupiter are especially bright after sunset now, but Venus will be in inferior conjunction on March 23 so it won’t be an evening star much longer. Jupiter is a few degrees from Aldebaran in Taurus.
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