UK stargazers will be in 'seventh heavens' on Friday as a rare celestial event takes place. For the first time in 18 years, seven planets will be in alignment.
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus will form what astronomers often term a 'planetary parade'. The best time to look out for them will be about half an hour before sunrise from June 24 to June 27.
Five of the planets – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn – will be visible to the naked eye on Friday. The remaining two – Uranus and Neptune – will be too dim to see unaided but you could spot them with binoculars or a telescope by around June 27.
