February's Seven Planet Parade

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How to spot February’s parade of 7 planets, according to astronomers | CNN

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February ends with a parade of seven planets across the night sky, including Mercury , Uranus and Neptune .

While the seven planets will all be above the horizon just after sunset, Mercury and Saturn will be more difficult to spot Thursday and Friday evenings.

Saturn and Mercury are going to be “horizon huggers” likely only visible in twilight or the illumination in the sky after the sun has dipped below the horizon.

The planets are spread along the plane they orbit around the sun, called the ecliptic, because of their separate motions.

In February , the planets are all on the same side of the sun from our perspective on Earth , causing them to appear together in the night sky.

This February is special because instead of being spaced far apart, they happen to be found along just a part of the path.

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