Night sky is about to light up with rare planetary alignment

February brings a rare planetary parade, with five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...
The next "great conjunction" of Jupiter and Saturn will ... appearing extra big and bright in the night sky starting on Saturday. At opposition, Jupiter will shine at a magnitude of -2.8, ...
I have an absolute passion for the winter constellations that are now putting on their wonderful winter show in the southeastern sky. If you’ve been nice enough to be a longtime reader of my Skywatch ...
For context, during the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in ... a great example of how bright the moon can be in the night sky, try to be out on the peak night of the Perseids this ...
It will feature the ‘great conjunction’ of Saturn and Jupiter ... could sadly never make an aligned appearance in our night sky. According to Jean Meeus’ book Mathematical Astronomy Morsels ...
Mississippi stargazers will be able to see 4 or 5 planets in the night sky with their naked eye this month. Will you be able ...
Reports of a “great ... in the conjunction—if you know where to look. According to EarthSky.org, you’ll not only be able to see Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus in the night sky, but with ...
Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.