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February ends with the treatment of the sky: a procession of seven planets across the night sky, including Mercury, Uranus and Nevtune, along with bright planets, such as Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. But all of the seven will not be easy, as astronomers say.
While the seven planets will all be above the horizon after sunset, it will be difficult to discover Mercury and Saturn on Thursday and Friday evenings.
“Mercury and Saturn are particularly close to the sun and they will be lost in the glow of the sun, although Mercury will become higher and higher every day and easier to determine its location,” said Shannon Shamol, Director of Abrams Bluxarium at Michigan State University. statement.
“To get a chance, you will need a clear vision of the western horizon and perhaps perspectives to discover them after sunset.”
Shaml said that Venus and Jupiter will be easier to determine thanks to their brightness, and Mars will emerge with orange reddish color.
However, Neptune and Uranus are not visible to the naked eye, and they are likely to require a telescope or an endoscopy to see.
Here is the reason for the existence of a lot of planets suddenly in the sky of the night and the time you look forward to seeing them.
How to discover the seven planets
“Saturn and Mercury will be” Horizon Huggers “, most likely only only visible only in Twilight or lighting in the sky after the sun fell under the horizon, with Venus Visible at the same time. YouTube video.
She said: “Uranus and Neptune, of course, are present, but you need visual help to see them, and perhaps you will not hunt Jupiter and Mars, and they are higher in the sky, until the darkness begins at least to fall.”
Koran advised to search for mercury and journey, which will be low in the western horizon, about 30 minutes after sunset, with the help of perspectives.
“The planets will be in the southern half of the sky,” said Emily Ellisndo, a physicist and astronomical physicist in Michigan. statement.
“Southwest, will be Saturn and Mercury, and after that in the southeast is the place where Mars and Jupiter will be, then Neptune, Venus and Uranus between them. There are applications that use movement sensor technology, so that you can write the planet’s name, and will show you where the planet exists in the sky.”
Let Venus help
I am not sure where do we look? When you are in doubt, look for Venus. John Jose, the shareholder of Earthsky, said it will be in shone, but the planet will be low in the western sky and fall near the horizon every night before it disappears from the night sky by mid -March. Venus will appear again in the morning sky in April Nassa.
Unlike the stars, which seem to sparkle, Venus will remain a stable, stable light in the sky.
When the evening ends at 6:58 pm on Friday, Chechere Moon will appear, according to Space agency. At this time of the year, the heavenly organism got this name because the delicate shrapnel from the Crescent Crescent Moon is similar to the smile of a Cheshire cat from “Alice’s adventures in Wonderland” Luis Carroll. Hawaiian myths also indicate this stage as a wet moon because it resembles a bowl that can contain liquid, according to NASA.
The crescent moon will appear shortly over the western horizon and fall after about two minutes. Mercury, who will continue to climb to the sky after sunset in the coming days, will be a few degrees above the moon. Venus will be above both mercury and moon Earthsky.
The moon, the moon, Venus and mercury will continue to appear in a line until Sunday, according to Earthsky.
Coran said: “Let Bright Venus be your guide, it will appear first because it is higher in the sky, it is brighter.” “So as soon as you find Venus, under the horizon, look for a small, slim and mercury satellite.”
Goss predicts that Jupiter will be high in the southern sky and remain visible for another two months, while Mars, in the eastern sky, can be observed for three to four other months.
If clouds or stormy weather block your point of view, The virtual telescope project It will participate in a live broadcast captured through the automatic telescopes in Mansiano, Italy, located in Tuscany under a dark sky.
The telescope will be useful in trying to discover Uranus or Neptune. – Istockphoto/Getty Images
A series of planets
The reason that all planets seem to be aligned in the sky of the night because of their orbits around the sun.
“All of our planets revolve around the sun in a flat disk,” said Shama. “From our point of view on Earth, this disk looks a curved line across the sky that runs from east to west. As a result, all our planets will always be seen along this line. When we have many visible planets, this line can look very amazing.”
Usually, the planets spread along the plane around the sun, called the eclipse, due to its separate movements. But in February, all planets are on the same side of the sun from our point of view on Earth, causing them to appear together in the sky of the night.
“This is February, it is special because instead of being far away, it is found along part of the path, so they all appear in the sky at the same time,” said Seth Jacobson, an assistant professor in the Department of Earth Sciences and Environment at Michigan State University.
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