There’s Still Opportunity to Hunt for Parallel Planet Phenomena until the end of June

Surabaya –

For those of you who missed it on June 24 or didn’t have time to see it parallel planet phenomenon, there is good news. There is still a chance to witness this phenomenon on June 28 tomorrow.

It should be noted that 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 that 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 the second configuration with the arrangement of the planets Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon on June 16-27, 2022.

Then, it ends with the configuration of the first arrangement, namely Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn on June 28-30, 2022.

Well, that means, starting from Tuesday tomorrow until next Thursday we can still hunt for this parallel planetary phenomenon, Lur!

“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 when the sun’s altitude is -6° or 25 minutes before sunrise (at around 05.30 local time),” Andi said. detikInetMonday (27/6/2022).

He explained, from June 4 to 30, Mercury will have a brightness that varies between +2.06 to -0.61. That indicates that Mercury will get brighter at 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, which can be seen directly, except for Uranus. .

Andi said, all the planets in this phenomenon can be seen without using optical aids except Uranus.

“This is because the brightness is +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 a telescope because its brightness is less than +6.5.

Enjoy, Lur. The calculations are entertainment while waiting for payday. So, what kind of food do you guys prepare for hunting parallel planets lur?

(dpe / iwd)

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