NEW DELHI : There’s a rare treat on offer for those who like to watch the night sky. During the next three weeks or so, all the five visible planets will be on view in the sky just before dawn, an event that last occurred 11 years ago.
The five planets-Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn-appear along an arch in the sky called the ecliptic. Generally, only a few of these planets are visible in the sky at a time.
Technically, the planets will be in the sky in the early morning hours from January 20 to February 20. “But all five will be properly visible between January 28 and February 10. The best time to see them together will be the first week of February,” said C B Devgun, founding member of NGO, SPACE.
“That’s because Mercury, the smallest of the planets which is also the nearest to the Sun, is currently too close to the horizon to be seen clearly from big cities such as Delhi.”
