These days, the night sky will bring a special treat, adding to it endless fascination. The five brightest planets, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Mars and Saturn will appear great you together in the pre-dawn sky.
EarthSky reported the last time when this phenomenon happened was in 2005. In order to observe the five planets in the night sky, you have to get up at least 75 to 45 minutes before sunrise. A good guide for finding the other planets is Venus, the brightest star-like object in the sky. From the position of Venus the rest of the planets strung out to the west.
According to a report on the website Chron, Deborah Byrd of EarthSky explained that the most difficult to spot out is the planet Mercury that is also the least bright from the all five.
The EarthSky website was founded by Byrd in the year 1994. Byrd, who is blogging about astrophysics, is now the website's editor-in-chief. She added that the best in order to see all five planets on the sky is to still wait a week or so for the moment when the planet Mercury will be become higher in the sky. Byrd further explained that the moon will sweep past Mercury in early February, making that the lighted portion of the moon will point at Mercury.
Mercury is closer to the horizon right now and cannot be spotted on the sky before sunrise. However, Mercury is getting higher in the sky each morning and is becoming more easily visible as our planet turns you toward it. When down arrives is dimming all the other planets and stars from view, making easier to observe the five bright planets in alignment.
This will be a rare show in the heavens for astronomy lovers in the next few weeks. According to McDonnell Planetarium manager Anna Green, cited by the website Gizmodo, the five "naked eye" planets are going to be visible stretching from the southeast to the southwest. The event will keep occurring over the next month.
