Jakarta –
You missed seeing parallel planet phenomenon last June 24th? Don’t worry, this phenomenon is still here this week. Get ready to hunt the sights yes.
To note, since early June, the public has been able to witness a rare phenomenon, where the planets Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are in an inline configuration.
Researcher from the Center for Space Research, the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Andi Pangerang revealed, this configuration or sky parade can be enjoyed in the early hours of June 4, 2022. This rare phenomenon will continue until the end of June 2022 in several configurations.
The first configuration consists of the alignment of Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn on June 4-15, 2022.
Next, followed by a second configuration with the planetary arrangement Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon on June 16-27, 2022.
Then, it ends with a configuration with the same arrangement as the first, namely Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn on June 28-30, 2022. Nah, meaning that tomorrow Tuesday-Thursday we can again see the parallel planet phenomenon.
“The phenomenon of this parallel planetary configuration can be witnessed for approximately 50 minutes according to the dawn time of each region. Starting from the beginning of astronomical dawn with an altitude of the Sun -18° or 75 minutes before sunrise (around 04.30 local time), until dawn at sea. , where the height of the Sun is -6° or 25 minutes before sunrise (at around 05.30 local time),” explained Andi.
He explained, from June 4 to 30, Mercury will have a brightness that varies between +2.06 to -0.61. This indicates that Mercury will be getting brighter until the end of June. As for Venus, it varies between -3.94 to -3.89, which means it will be a little dimmer at the end of June.
Meanwhile, Uranus varies between +5.89 to +5.87, which means that Uranus will be slightly brighter at the end of June. Similar to Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn which vary from +0.57 to +0.47, -2.25 to -2.41, and +0.68 to +0.56, respectively.
Can be seen directly, except for Uranus
Andi said that all the planets in this phenomenon can be seen without using optical aids, except for Uranus.
“This is because the brightness is greater than +4.7 than the maximum visual magnitude limit for urban areas, so a small telescope with a diameter of 10-25 cm is needed to be able to see Uranus,” he said.
Andi added, to be able to see this phenomenon, it can be witnessed as long as the weather is bright enough, free from light pollution and the field of view is free from obstructions.
In fact, for areas where light pollution is almost non-existent (sky conditions are absolutely clear), Uranus can be seen without using a telescope because its brightness is less than +6.5. So don’t miss it parallel planet phenomenon this.
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