The Guardian newspaper revealed a rare astronomical event, which is to see all the planets of the solar system in the night sky simultaneously the day before yesterday.
The eight planets
According to the British newspaper, which indicated that Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars can be seen in order, with the naked eye, in the northern hemisphere starting from the southwestern horizon towards the east, with Uranus seen between Mars and Jupiter, and Neptune between Saturn and Jupiter, with binoculars or a telescope.
According to the newspaper, all eight planets appeared at an interval of only 1.5 degrees. She indicated that the planets might be spotted low in the west, and the clearest view was expected regarding 30 minutes following sunset, and the disappearance of Venus following regarding 30 minutes every day until the end of the year.
Commenting on this phenomenon, the astronomer at the Virtual Telescope Project in Italy, Gianluca Massi, told the American magazine Newsweek, “On such nights, we can see all the planets of our solar system at a glance shortly following sunset, and this happens from time to time, which is an amazing sight.” always.
The hardest planet
According to experts, Mercury is the most difficult planet to see without magnification, because it is located in a bright part of the sky, yet it can be spotted near the brighter planet Venus, while the rest of the planets line up towards the east, and Jupiter appears brighter than all stars, and high in southern sky.
While Mars, which was visible all night following rising in the east just before sunset on Wednesday, appears red, Saturn, the second largest planet, appears golden in the southwest following dark every day until 2023.
All the planets were seen in the sky simultaneously, last in June, and all five planets visible to the naked eye were lined up in the sky in the same sequential order in which they actually orbit the sun—Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn—an alignment that had not occurred in 18 years.
The Quadruple meteor shower, expected to peak around January 3, produces blue meteors traveling at 40 kilometers per second, like occasional bright fireballs.
