6 Stars Will Soon Be Visible at the Same Time in Rare ‘Parade of Planets’ – Yahoo News Canada

The alignment on June 3 will be visible in much of the Northern Hemisphere, depending on the weather

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Another astronomical event is set to take place next month!

In the early hours of Monday, June 3, six of the eight planets Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will be present in the sky at one time, in an event known as planetary alignment or a planetary parade, per astronomy app Star Walk.

According to app, "Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn may be spotted with the naked eye, but you'll need a telescope or high-powered binoculars to see Neptune and Uranus."

The app added that the alignment might not be limited to a single day and the planets may be spotted for several days before or after June 3.

Per USA Today, the planetary alignment also being referred to as the "parade of planets" will be visible in much of the Northern Hemisphere, depending on the weather.

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In a description, Star Walk stated such an alignment occurs "when planets gather closely on one side of the Sun at the same time, as seen from above the Solar System," or "when the planets appear close together in a small sky sector, as seen from the Earth."

The planets can't actually be in a straight line in space despite that appearing to be the case, because their orbits aren't on the same plane.

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Per the app, "When the Earth is one of the planets gathered on one side of the Sun, it appears to the observer that several planets are aligned in the sky," with the post adding "the smaller the sector" the more incredible the alignment will be.

For anyone planning to see more alignments in the future, the site stated the six planets will be seen again on Aug. 28 and Jan. 18, 2025.

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On Feb. 28, 2025, Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars will align, marking the next time people will be able to see seven planets visible in the sky at once, per the site.

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn will also align on Aug. 29, 2025, the app added, stating that the last time all planets visibly aligned was during the total solar eclipse in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico on April 8, 2024.

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The latest astronomical event comes after the Northern Lights (also known as the aurora borealis) lit up the sky across areas in the U.K., Europe and the Northern Hemisphere earlier this month.

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