You'll need a full hand of fingers to count how many planets you'll be able to see in the night sky this week. Just after sunset, sky watchers will have the opportunity to see Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury and Uranus form an arch stretching into the evening sky.
"The heavens are aligning," said Noah Petro, a scientist with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter project at NASA. "If you have a telescope, you can dust them off or a pair of binoculars; it's a great excuse to get out and look for the night sky. And if you don't, you can still see these [planets].
See 5 planets after sunset, in the sky or via video
Virtual Telescope presented a viewing of all 5 planets after sunset, starting at 17:45 UTC (12:45 p.m. CDT) on March 28, 2023.
This week (late March 2023), you can see five planets – Venus and Uranus, Jupiter and Mercury, and Mars – lined up across our evening sky. Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project in Rome, Italy, showed them via telescope earlier today (March 29).
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A crescent moon rises along with planets Venus, Mars and Jupiter on June 24, 2022, in Toronto. Photo: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images
Context: There are different kinds of planetary alignments with mini alignments including three planets, small four planets and large five or six planets, according to Star Walk.
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Planets on parade: 5 will line up in night sky this week
NEW YORK (AP) — Keep an eye to the sky this week for a chance to see a planetary hangout. Five planets—Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars—will line up near the moon.
The best day to catch the entire group is Tuesday. You'll want to look to the western horizon right after sunset, said NASA astronomer Bill Cooke.
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