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Planets lining up on Saturday night

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infoman Thu 26-Feb-26 04:09:11

28 February from 6pm,subject to good weather conditions, between 4 and 6 planets may be visible.

grandMattie Thu 26-Feb-26 05:28:20

At sunset, in the west.
I won’t be able to see them as there is too much light pollution and buildings surrounding me.

MartavTaurus Thu 26-Feb-26 07:45:25

Yes, usually 30 minutes after sunset.
Apparently the wonder is how tightly close together they will appear, though of course quite some distance apart in space.
Visibility looking OK here in the South West tomorrow, but heavy rain on the way. 🤞

Maremia Thu 26-Feb-26 08:43:29

Rain again may stop play, but thanks for the reminder.

madeleine45 Sat 28-Feb-26 13:48:42

Fingers crossed I intend to go off to somewhere very dark and hope that there is no cloud, but not got much hope really, as it is already a grey day here in North Yorkshire

Growing0ldDisgracefully Sat 28-Feb-26 13:55:00

Husband is very interested in astronomy and very frustrated in equal parts when rain and cloud cover always prevent seeing such events! Keeping fingers crossed for tonight for him, as so far the weather in Bristol is clear and sunny.

keepingquiet Sat 28-Feb-26 14:10:10

I heard this on the radio- it said you would need a telescope to see Uranus. I am still laughing! Funniest thing I've heard today...

J52 Sat 28-Feb-26 14:23:49

We saw 4 of them last night, but there was light cloud. Hoping for a better view tonight as the sky is clear atm and we’re on the edge of a Dark Sky Park.

HiPpyChick57 Sat 28-Feb-26 14:42:23

Will try to see them again.
Saw them last time but we couldn’t see all of them clearly without a telescope. Lovely to see the ones we could.

Dodo43 Sat 28-Feb-26 14:56:35

Nearly always wet or too cloudy here in South Yorkshire when these interesting things occur - as it is today.
Love your humour, Keepingquiet

Oreo Sat 28-Feb-26 15:15:35

grandMattie

At sunset, in the west.
I won’t be able to see them as there is too much light pollution and buildings surrounding me.

Same here sadly.
Must be lovely to live where there are ‘dark skies’ such as Devon.

Gwyllt Sat 28-Feb-26 16:19:43

Any one know how high above the horizon as we have trees and hills to the west but we do have dark shy

MartavTaurus Sat 28-Feb-26 16:52:18

Tonight is looking a good bet here in Devon. We'll see.

Maremia Sat 28-Feb-26 19:31:12

Clouds again here, but we did see the moon in a blue sky. That will have to do.

Greyduster Sat 28-Feb-26 20:01:37

For once we had a clear sky but nowhere suitable to view the horizon at sunset. However Jupiter is very prominent in the south eastern sky the moment in close proximity to the moon. Nice to see stars of any description for a change, the night skies have been so cloudy this winter.

Pittcity Sun 01-Mar-26 14:15:50

Saw Jupiter above the moon but clouds quickly covered the sky.