Over the next few months you will be able to witness the rare celestial parade of asteroids, comets and planet – Venus. Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and Neptune.
The coming months will be especially exciting for astronomy enthusiasts. There will be some really rare events in the sky because, along with an asteroid and a comet, there are up to five planets including Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and Neptune. will line up in a straight line. Not only the alignment of these celestial bodies, but also a few other interesting facts. Since these planets and near-Earth objects will be traveling in a straight line, some of them will even pass close together resulting in a beautiful planetary conjunction.
Before that, in December 2021, there was a similar planetary parade when the five planets aligned in a straight line. Now, from March 28 to May 2022, there will be a bunch of other events waiting for you. Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming 2022 Celestial Parade and other planets.
March 28: First on March 28, the Moon will pass through nearly three planets – Venus, Mars, and Saturn. All of these planets and the moon will be in the constellation Capricorn. You can look for them in the southeast direction in the sky before dawn.
April 1: Have you heard of Orion’s belt? Well, on April 1, there will be another form of configuration but formed by planets including Mars, Saturn and Venus. You should be able to see these three planets almost in a straight line.
April 5: This day you will be able to witness a Mars-Saturn conjunction that will be only 0°19′ apart in the southeastern position of. You will be able to observe this phenomenon with the view of a telescope as well as with the naked eye or through binoculars.
April 16-24: This period from April 16 to 24 will be a good opportunity to catch the five planets in a straight line. Out of all these, Venus would be considered the brightest. Not only that, Comet 22P/Kopff will appear close to Mars, as well as asteroid Vesta will be close to Saturn.
April 24: On this day, the moon will participate in the celestial parade of planets, a comet and an asteroid on April 24. Then, a week later, the Moon will make a solar eclipse on April 30.
1st 5th: This will be the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest planets in the solar system.
May 12: Following the planetary conjunction of Jupiter and Venus, the five planets in question – Venus, Jupiter, Neptune, Mars and Saturn, will re-design.
Enjoy the upcoming Celestial Parade show of planets, comets, asteroids and moons!
