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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 64 points 6 days ago

An extremely rare planetary alignment will take place on February 28, 2025. Don't miss it — an event like this won’t happen again this decade!

In the evening, just after sunset, seven planets — Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter, and Mars — will align in the sky. Four of them (Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars) will be easily visible to the naked eye. For Uranus and Neptune, get a pair of binoculars or a small telescope. Saturn will be the most difficult target to see — you'll need to know the exact time for your exact location as the planet hangs close to the Sun.

[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 6 days ago

i hate when people use vague blocks of time to refer to something that we know with 100% certainty.

"YOU WILL NOT BE AWAKE SOMEWHERE WITH THE PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY 12 HOURS FROM NOW, DO NOT MISS YOUR CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING TODAY"

are we talking like, once every decade, once every two decades, once a century? I gotta have a reference frame here.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 9 points 6 days ago

I'm not so sure about the binoculars part there... I have an 8" dobsonian telescope and I have a hard time finding those two.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 5 points 6 days ago

I saw Saturn from a suburban street a week or two ago just after sunset, near the moon and Venus, and it was visible, though my elderly mother in law couldn't see it