See Mars and Uranus make a close approach in the night sky tonight

The outline of a small orange circle hangs central in a starry night sky, with small weird blue buildings low on the horizon. In the circle, two points are labeled Uranus and Mars. Thin blue lines connect stars in the sky to show constellations.

Skwatchers will see both Mars and Uranus in the same field of view today using a pair of binoculars as the two planets make a close approach.

Mars and Uranus shared the same right ascension (the celestial equivalent of longitude) in the dawn sky yesterday (June 15), in an arrangement called a conjunction. The pair will still be close together in the predawn sky early on Tuesday (July 16), rising in the east around 2:30 a.m. (0630 GMT).