TRIBUNJATENG.COM – On Wednesdays (28/12/2022), every planet Of solar system visible simultaneously in the night sky.
Experts consider this phenomenon to be an astronomical event rare.
reported KeeperVenus, Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars can be seen in this order in the Northern Hemisphere with the naked eye.
Everything moves from the southwest horizon and heads east.
Uranus, which lies between Mars and Jupiter, and Neptune, which lies between Saturn and Jupiter, can be seen with binoculars or a telescope until the end of the year.
Eighth planet They appeared to be only 1.5 degrees apart on Wednesday evening and should reach their conjunction or closest point on Thursday at 21:00 GMT.
Planets can be seen in the lower west, with the clearest sightings expected about 30 minutes after sunset, with Venus disappearing about 40 minutes later, every day until the end of the year.
This was stated by Gianluca Masi, astronomer of the Virtual Telescope Project in Italy Newsweek that everything planet can be seen in solar systemjust after sunset.
“It happens from time to time, but it’s always a spectacular sight,” he added.
Mercury is planet which are the hardest to see without magnification, because they are in the bright part of the sky. However, planet it can be seen near Venus which is much brighter.
The rest of the planets align due east, with Jupiter appearing brightest of all the stars and high in the southern sky.
Jupiter shouldn’t be visible around midnight. However, Mars is visible all night after rising in the east just before sunset Wednesday and will appear redder and brighter than most stars.
Saturn, planet the second largest, will be golden when it appears in the Southwest after darkness falls each day until 2023.
Saturn is set around 2000 GMT on Wednesday, while the moon should appear as a crescent between Jupiter and Jupiter.
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