An over hyped “Parade of Planets” 3-5 June

Morning sky on Monday, June 3  as seen from Adelaide at 06:18 ACST, (60 minutes earlier than dawn, click on to embiggen). The crescent Moon, Saturn, Mars and Mercury make a gorgeous lineup. The Moon is near Mars. Comparable views shall be seen from the remainder of Australia on the equal native time.	Morning sky on Monday, June 3  as seen from Adelaide at 06:18 ACST, (60 minutes earlier than dawn, click on to embiggen). The planets positions are labeled, together with those not seen to the unaided eye.
Morning sky on Monday, June 3  as seen from Adelaide at 06:48 ACST, (half-hour earlier than dawn, click on to embiggen). The crescent Moon, Saturn, Mars and Mercury make a gorgeous lineup. Jupiter and mercury are deep within the twilight.	Morning sky on Monday, June 3  as seen from Adelaide at 06:48 ACST, (60 minutes earlier than dawn, click on to embiggen). The planets positions are labeled, together with those not seen to the unaided eye.
Morning sky on Wednesday, June 5  as seen from Adelaide at 06:18 ACST, (60 minutes earlier than dawn, click on to embiggen). The crescent Moon, is near Jupiter and Mercury deep within the twilight.	Morning sky on Wednesday, June 5  as seen from Adelaide at 06:18 ACST, (60 minutes earlier than dawn, click on to embiggen). The planets positions are labeled, together with those not seen to the unaided eye.
Morning sky on Wednesday, June 5  as seen from Adelaide at 06:48 ACST, (half-hour earlier than dawn, click on to embiggen). The crescent Moon, is near Jupiter and Mercurydeep within the twilight.	Morning sky on Wednesday, June 5  as seen from Adelaide at 06:48 ACST, (half-hour earlier than dawn, click on to embiggen). The planets positions are labeled, together with those not seen to the unaided eye.

You will have see some quite breathless statements on the internet in regards to the “planetary Parade” arising on 3 June.  With statements resembling “beautiful alignment” and “photo voltaic spectacle”, this vastly overplays what you will notice. Sure, there shall be 6 planets in a line within the morning skies from 3-5 June. However
Uranus and Neptune aren’t seen to the
unaided eye.  On the third Mercury shall be troublesome to see as it’s low within the twilight and Jupiter is simply too deep within the twilight to be readily seen. You will have a transparent, unobstructed horizon to see Jupiter and Mercury as they’re very low within the twilight.

The crescent Moon is close to Mercury an Jupiter deep within the twilight. Chances are you’ll want binoculars to see Jupiter and Mercury (Binoculars will make for a lot better viewing even for those who can see them).  By the point Jupiter and Mercury  have risen sufficiently to see Saturn and mars shall be very troublesome to see.

Nonetheless the early morning effort is worth it.

Labels: Jupiter, lineup, Mars, Mecury, Moon, Saturn

# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 12:40 am