Get Up Early, See Five Planets at Once!

[Waspie_Dwarf]

Get Up Early, See Five Planets at Once!

Over the next two weeks, for the first time in more than a decade, you can see all of the naked-eye planets — from Mercury to Saturn — together in the predawn sky.

If you follow celestial comings and goings at all, you know that bright planets have been largely missing from the evening sky for a few months. Sure, with careful watching you could have spotted Saturn low in the southwest as late as November, and Mercury put in a brief appearance a few weeks ago.

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[preacherman76]

That's awesome. Im checking it out tomorrow morning.

[Waspie_Dwarf]

It’s Not Over Till The Fast Planet Sinks

This week and early next will be your last chance to see five planets — six if you count Earth — at dawn. Nature's even throwing in a bonus Mercury–Moon conjunction.

People ask me whether they might still see "five planets in a row," and my answer remains an emphatic "yes!". But there's a deadline coming, so I encourage you to have a look at dawn either this week or early next. By Valentine's Day, the show's pretty much over. Five will drop to four.

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[Indiogene]

I took my time last Jan. and early this month in the early mornings to view all 5 visible planets at once...wonderful! The last time this kind of planetary alignment happened was in Jan. 2005. I believe the Moon aligned with them last Jan. 21st.

Edited February 16, 2016 by Solipsi Rai