5 planets visible in the night sky during the end of March.. Here’s how to see them

Friday, March 17, 2023 09:04 am

Friday, March 17, 2023 09:04 am

Stargazers prepare for later this month when it will be Five Planets of the solar system Visible from Earth as part of a rare planetary alignment, on March 28, Jupiter, Mercury, Uranus, Mars and Venus are expected to line up together in a small part of the sky shortly following sunset.

And according to the British newspaper “Daily Mail”, it will be two of the brightest planets, Mercury and Jupitervisible near the horizon, while Venus is expected to shine higher in the sky.

Although binoculars are needed to locate Uranus, Mars should be viewable in alignment near the first quarter of the Moon.

While it is not unusual to see two or three planets in the sky, alignments of five are much less common, and they occurred last year, and in both 2020 and 2016 before that.

Last year, stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere had a chance to gaze at Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn simultaneously, and to easily spot the planets this month, the educational astronomy app Star Walk recommends using the Sky Tonight app, which can be pointed toward the night sky to give a live view of what Being, the planets are expected to align in a 50-degree sector of the sky, which means they will appear close to Earth in a small region above.

This visible phenomenon differs from astronomical alignment, which refers to the planets meeting together at the same time on the same side of the sun.

Beth Beller, from the University of Edinburgh, said some planets would be much easier to see than others. “Venus and Jupiter are very bright and easy to pick out, and you may have seen them close to each other over the past few weeks,” she said.

Source: Technology News: 5 planets visible in the night sky during the end of March.. Here’s how to see them

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