Anyone looking to the sky in the early hours over the next few days will - weather permitting - get a real treat. In what astronomers often refer to as a 'planetary parade', seven planets will line up.
It will be the first time in 18 years that the celestial event has taken place. It will see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus align.
Experts say 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, reports ChronicleLive.
