Four planets will be in the parade in January while seven will align in February. Here's how to see the events.
I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere).
All month, four planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars — will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours after dark, according to NASA.
Both Venus and Saturn will be in the Aquarius constellation, the water bearer, during their close approach. To help spot it, viewers should look towards the south in the evening sky, using the bright star Fomalhaut in the nearby Piscis Austrinus constellation as a guide to locate Aquarius.
AND REALLY, ON MOST CLEAR NIGHTS THROUGH THE REST OF JANUARY, YOU’LL BE ABLE TO SEE VENUS, SATURN, MARS AND JUPITER. SO HERE’S WHAT TO DO. LOOK TO THE SOUTH. AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU NEED TO ...
The alignment of six planets - Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune - will be visible through to mid-February, with peak visibility around January 29, coinciding with the new moon.
Venus and Saturn will be in conjunction this weekend, appearing side by side in the night sky during January's post-sunset "planet parade."
Astrophotographers will be able to capture Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune tonight. However, Mercury will join the parade later in February. Apart from this, earlier EarthSky astronomer John Goss revealed that Venus,
At least four planets — Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Saturn — should be visible with the naked eye if you’re not in a light-polluted downtown area. A couple of others, such as Neptune and Uranus ...
Throughout much of January and February, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will be visible splayed out in a long arc across the heavens, with Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn being ...
There are six planets in the night sky all week, four of them visible to the naked eye and two of them getting very close indeed. Here's how to watch.