Categories Archives. You may also like. Mars is ready for its close-up in ! October 2, Mars Opposition In the skies above us, the planets orbit at different rates. Planet Spotting… all you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask! June 11, Can I see planets without a telescope? The Sun is Exploding! So, on average, the three inner planets line up every The chance that Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will all be within this arc as well on any given pass is 1 in raised to the 5th power, so on average the eight planets line up every billion years.
Either way, the Sun will become a red giant, shed much of its mass, engulf Mercury and Venus, and allow the other planets to drift into radically different orbits long before such a lineup takes place! Finally, a real answer! Every other article out there says they'll "kindof" align in , which totally doesn't fit the definition of "align".
The September equinox marks one of the four major turning points in the seasonal cycle. But during an equinox, the tilt effectively vanishes, and both hemispheres experience equal amounts of sunshine.
Act fast on the equinox if you want to get your last glimpse of the king of planets before it disappears in our evening skies. Jupiter is heading for conjunction, when it will be behind the sun from our vantage point. But on the 22nd, speedy sky-watchers will be able to watch the waxing crescent moon as it glides by Jupiter just before the planet follows the sun and sets in the evening.
After darkness falls, face the southern sky and look for the near quarter moon with bright yellow-hued Saturn hanging below. The ringed planet will about three degrees away from the moon, or about the same span as six lunar disks.
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Could the rare convergence of Venus, Jupiter and Mars seen on the horizon this week be a repeat of the biblical phenomenon, the Star of Bethlehem? As early bird stargazers enjoy this planetary trio through November 3 , like everything else in religious tradition and astrology, what the skies portend is a matter of faith — and interpretation.
Bright stars Regulus and Procyon have also been visible this week, forming a line in the sky with the planets. Best beheld before dawn, the relative brightness of Venus and Jupiter make the event easily seen by the naked eye or binoculars and is being labeled by some Internet-savvy astronomers as the same Star of Bethlehem phenomenon the magi saw some 2, years ago.
But could this type of rare astral grouping really have been what propelled the three oriental gift-bearing kings to traverse afar, field and fountain, moor and mountain, while following yonder star? To answer this question, one must first ask, why would the three magi astrologers follow a star to Bethlehem in the first place?
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