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How to spot 5 planets and the crescent moon without a telescope this weekend:
Comet Neowise isn't the only cosmic phenomenon visible in the sky this weekend. On Sunday, July 19, skywatchers will be able to look up and spot five planets and the crescent moon — all without even using a telescope.
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, as well as the moon, will be close enough and bright enough to spot with the naked eye on Sunday, NASA said.
To see the show, you'll want to set an early alarm. You'll be able to spot the five planets plus the moon about 45 minutes before sunrise if you have a clear view of the horizon, according to astronomer Dr. Jeffrey Hunt.
Four of the five planets will appear like extremely bright stars. Venus will be visible low in the east-northeast, Mars in the south-southeast, and Jupiter and Saturn in the west-southwest, the Griffith Observatory said.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 19 2020, @03:26PM (1 child)
Everything will still be there for a few days. Mercury will go back below the horizon in a week or two. The comet is more interesting (but much harder to see!)
Uranus is visible now as well, and it's visible without any equipment if you get to dark skies. It's too bad that most of these sorts of articles just assume that nobody will be able to see it so it's not even worth mentioning.
(Score: 2) by Opportunist on Sunday July 19 2020, @04:15PM
Ok folks, the game is on, who finds the most tasteless joke to this statement?