Amazing ‘Planet Parade’ exhibits seven planets in the sky on Friday night

The impressive cosmic getaway is reserved for residents of the United States on Friday night, since seven planets will align in a spectacular exhibition, called a planet parade, which can be seen Without traveling far From home. Such a view will not be visible until 2040.

“Seven planets will be visible in the afternoon sky,” NASA Bill Cooke, NASA with headquarters at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, told Fox Digital.

“And three of them will be easily visible.”

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Planet hunters who hope to glimpse the spectacular screen need only a few simple elements for optimal experience: clear climate, a dark sky and a pair of binocular or a telescope to see the most elusive.

The action begins right at sunset, after which there will only be a 30 -minute window in which The seven planets It can be seen in alignment on the horizon.

“If you look west after sunset, very close to the sun will be the planet Saturn,” Cooke said.

“But it will be so close, it will be lost in the twilight glow, so you will need a couple of binoculars.”

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Saturn will be about nine degrees on the horizon.

“You will have about 20 minutes to see Saturn, which will be established very soon after sunset,” Cooke said.

“So, if you want to catch the seven, you have this narrow window Starting with Saturn. “

The next on the list will be the Neptune planet.

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“Neptune will require a telescope, without itself, I but about it,” Cooke said.

A little higher will be the planet Mercury, which Cooke said They also require binocular.

But then there will be three very easily visible planets.

“The next thing will be the brightest in the sky outside the moon,” he said. “The planet Venus. It will be that brilliant thing like the star that people see in the west after sunset. Peasosa easy to see.”

After Venus, there will be a faint planet that is difficult to see.

“Those are the three easy goals for your eyes. Saturn, Mercury and Uranus that you can see with a couple of binoculars, but Neptune would require a telescope.”

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“If you go to the east, you will need a couple of binoculars to see the planet Uranus,” Cooke said.

After Uranus it will be another brilliant star, which is The planet Jupiter.

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“And after Jupiter, the most east of all will be the planet Mars,” said Cooke, “who will look like this pale star and reddish appearance. Those are his planets.”

If you have a clear night and a relatively dark sky, seeing at least three planets is almost a safe thing.

“Venus will hit your eyes, so you can’t miss,” Cooke said.

“Jupiter, which is also very bright, and Mars: those are the three easy goals for your eyes. Saturn, Mercury and Uranus that you can see with a couple of binoculars, but Neptune would require a telescope.”

Cooke pointed out that A planetary phone application It can help the unreasonable eye identify the planets, and several of them are free and good for beginners.

You don’t have to travel west Texas or Utah to see the planet’s parade.

Just getting out of the city limits can significantly improve the effects of light pollution, which fads the contrast between stars and planets and the night sky.

Also reduces physical obstructions, Like high buildings.

The next time the seven planets form a parade is in 2040, but in October 2028 there will be another parade that involves five planets.

“This is a bit unusual because, in theory, the seven are visible in the afternoon sky at the same time,” Cooke said.

“Even with phones, such as Androids or modern iPhones, you can configure that sucking to take a sequence of images and catch the entire eclipse.”

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“We had a planet parade last year with some brilliant planets, but not the seven visible at the same time.”

Some Other heavenly events This year it can also be of interest to amateur Stargazers. The next is a blood moon, scheduled for March 13 to 14.

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“Seeing that the moon becomes red is always fun,” Cooke said. “A total lunar eclipse creates a blood moon, and is one of those events for which it is worth staying awake.”

Cooke said the phenomenon occurs when the earth passes directly between the sun and the moon.

“When the moon passes to the shadow of the earth, you would think that it would become black,” said Cooke, “but because the atmosphere bends the light, especially the red part of the spectrum, the moon looks red.”

He added that the blood moon is a good opportunity to even amateur photographers To capture a heavenly event.

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“Now, even with phones, such as Androids or modern iPhones, you can configure that fool to take a sequence of images and catch the entire eclipse,” he said.

“Then, you can not see it, but you can create a record of it, simply with the camera of your phone.”

Several meteorite showers, Lyrid, Persoids and Geminids, will also decorate the skies throughout the year, but Cooke has their favorites.

“There are two good meteorite showers every year,” he said.

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“Perseids and gyminids. Everything else is fine.”

The meteor rain of the pertesties will take place from August 12 to 13, but Cooke said the moon will interfere a bit with it this year.

The most impressive meteorite rain of the year will be the geminis in mid -December.

“That will be your great,” Cooke said.

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“Lyrid is a moderate force shower,” he said.

“To be honest with you, I would not send anyone to see it.”