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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Space => Topic started by: Kamaji on June 08, 2022, 12:17:40 pm
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Stellar alignment! 5 planets line up for a nightly show in June
By Emilee Speck, FOX Weather
June 8, 2022
June has a few special celestial events to add to your sky-gazing summer bucket list, including a quintet of planets to enjoy.
Throughout most of June, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will stretch across the sky like a string of pearls appearing in the dawn hours before sunrise.
Sky & Telescope Magazine is calling it a “planet parade” because the planets will also be in the correct order from the sun.
Mercury will be the hardest to spot as the last to appear in the lineup just before it’s swallowed by sunlight. However, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn should be easy to see all month.
As a quartet, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn have appeared in conjunction over the past few months, but June is the last chance to see the group together before they begin to spread further out in the night sky.
Look for the planets in the sky before sunrise by gazing southeast.
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Source: https://nypost.com/2022/06/08/stellar-alignment-5-planets-line-up-for-a-nightly-show-in-june/