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Monday's Planet Views Best Until 2036

Posted by timothy on from the hey-we've-all-got-naked-eyes dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NASA is reporting that Monday night, March 22nd, offers a rare, naked-eye glimpse of our five prominent astronomical neighbors--Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and the Moon--in close proximity in the night sky, near to the familiar Orion constellation. This contrasts with the picture of the 'Fab Five' shot by Voyager looking back on the inner solar system. Monday's aligned view is not likely to appear in this configuration again until 2036."

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  1. "Not likely?" by notsoclever · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd say it's pretty much certain that we won't see that configuration again until 2036, unless Jupiter is knocked out of orbit or something...

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  2. Sigh by Sprinkels · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, I think it is really romantic. ;-)

  3. Re:Been looking forward to this by jefft · · Score: 4, Funny
    The spread is 135 degrees, which I'm not sure really counts as a small section of sky.

    No problem you just need to back up a little.

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