Planets line up in sky during once in a thousand year event.

[elleng]

Stargazers are being encouraged to look at the sky tonight as four planets align in a rare astrological display.

The planets will be visible to the naked eye, appearing like bright stars in perfect formation, a phenomenon known as the "planetary parade."
Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn will all be visible aligning in the sky for the first time since 947AD.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/planets-line-up-in-sky-during-once-in-a-thousand-year-event/3cd3b1c5-fd6a-41df-a9e1-3cf1d51d4f81?

[I_UndergroundPanther]

1. What time would be best to see it

And what direction should I be looking?

I'm going to take a picture of it.

[SheltieLover]

2. Pls post if you get pix?

Often hazy / cloudy here.

Ty!

[PXR-5]

3. Visible just before dawn in the US.

[alittlelark]

4. Thanx !!

U saved me a Google search !!

[I_UndergroundPanther]

8. Ok gotta get up right before the asscrack of dawn

Ugh. I will post whatever pictures I get.

I will force myself to get up. This is once in 1,000 year event.

[Harker]

12. I'll get up for the next one. n/t

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Gravitational pull, beam on us moonbeams

Vaporize the GOP

[keithbvadu2]

6. If I miss it, I'll catch it next time.

If I miss it, I'll catch it next time.

I'm patient.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. Didn't we have something similar happen in September 2008? Or was that three planets?

Maybe that's tonight in Australia, but Venus has been a morning star in the US for months. Try the southeast tomorrow morning starting at 5:00 a.m.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

10. Thanks for the directional help.

[BigmanPigman]

9. Damn, it's always cloudy along the coast

in San Diego. I have missed so many "once in so many years" events due to it.

[Jerry2144]

11. You're wrong. It's not 5 planets, but 6, that are lined up

And that sixth one can even be seen with the naked eye, in daytime, no less. but only if you know where to look






To see it, step outside and look down

[progree]

13. Sky map at in-the-sky.org -- can change time (and date) to whenever one wants

https://in-the-sky.org/skymap2.php

(first, get rid of that deep space junk with that checkbox below the sky map and on the left side -- nobody can see any of that stuff unless they live 50 miles from the nearest street lamp, so its just clutter)

There's a "Change Time" button just above and to the right of the map. Change it to around 5 am local time. There is a "Change location" to the right of the "Change Time" button too.

[elleng]

14. Thanks

[progree]

16. Likewise, thanks for the OP 😊

[turbinetree]

15. Thank you for posting this......

[mahatmakanejeeves]

17. "four planets align in a rare astrological display"? I know that's from the original headline.

Stargazers are being encouraged to look at the sky tonight as four planets align in a rare astrological display.

What? I thought we had progressed to astronomy by now.