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.
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The CIA and other Intelligence folks have Uranus covered.
Back in the day, that require Pluto, n'est ce pas?
Well who knows? Maybe it’ll be back next week.
I think anything more than 4 is a Grand Syzygy
It’s not worth going out to look without Uranus.
“You will need a telescope to spot the other two planets - Uranus and Neptune. “
There is an app for smart phones called planets that is very good at locating and naming planets visible or not.
Ah, I think I got it, and excellent point.
Are we now, then, at a Venti Syzygy?
A grand syzygy only required Pluto beginning in 1930. Before 1846, Neptune wasn’t required. Before 1781, Herschel’s new planet which he named Georgium Sidus (I think it’s called something else now) wasn’t required. Just the naked-eye planets.
I wouldn't have it any other way.
Lol
The mean apparent magnitude of Uranus is 5.68 with a standard deviation of 0.17, while the extremes are 5.38 and 6.03.
A person with normal vision should thus be able to discern Uranus - provided that there is no light pollution and that, otherwise, seeing conditions are optimal.
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Only if you buy me dinner first.
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