Starship Asterisk*

Thanks Chris.

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What is that unmarked bright star/planet to the right of Saturn in the image?
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Fomalhaut, Alpha PsA.

What is that unmarked bright star/planet to the right of Saturn in the image?

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What I find interesting is that they are in order of their solar orbits. How often does that happen?
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Apparently it is quite rare. According to [url=https://www.space.com/five-planets-align-rare-skywatching-june-2022]space dot com[/url], the last time this 5 planet line up happened in the correct order was May 5th, 1864. So about every 150 years or so.
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Wow, thanks. I assumed it was rare, but this may be more than I expected.

According to [url=https://skyandtelescope.org/press-releases/planet-parade-to-grace-the-dawn-sky-this-month/]Sky & Telescope[/url] the crescent Moon will join the line-up between Venus and Mars on June 24th as a proxy for Earth. However, Mercury to Saturn will span 107°.
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Keep in mind that Jupiter and Saturn are only close together in the sky every 20 years. So I'm surprised an alignment like this happens even every 150 years.

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[url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2206/PlanetsfromChile__labelled_E-Schulz.jpg]PlanetsfromChile__labelled_E-Schulz.jpg[/url]
Nice line up of planets! 8-)
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What I find interesting is that they are in order of their solar orbits. How often does that happen?
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Apparently it is quite rare. According to [url=https://www.space.com/five-planets-align-rare-skywatching-june-2022]space dot com[/url], the last time this 5 planet line up happened in the correct order was May 5th, 1864. So about every 150 years or so.
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Wow, thanks. I assumed it was rare, but this may be more than I expected.

According to [url=https://skyandtelescope.org/press-releases/planet-parade-to-grace-the-dawn-sky-this-month/]Sky & Telescope[/url] the crescent Moon will join the line-up between Venus and Mars on June 24th as a proxy for Earth. However, Mercury to Saturn will span 107°.

In one such alignment, Voyager 1 and 2 were launched to harness the gravitational forces and accelerate them tangentially toward the outermost planet.

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PlanetsfromChile__labelled_E-Schulz.jpg
Nice line up of planets! 8-)
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What I find interesting is that they are in order of their solar orbits. How often does that happen?
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Apparently it is quite rare. According to space dot com, the last time this 5 planet line up happened in the correct order was May 5th, 1864. So about every 150 years or so.

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PlanetsfromChile__labelled_E-Schulz.jpg
Nice line up of planets! 8-)
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What I find interesting is that they are in order of their solar orbits. How often does that happen?
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Neat! I also noted in Earth at the bottom! I really like how so many planets got lined up in this photo! Kudos to Elke Schultz

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PlanetsfromChile__labelled_E-Schulz.jpg
Nice line up of planets! 8-)
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What I find interesting is that they are in order of their solar orbits. How often does that happen?

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Nice line up of planets! 8-)

[url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220617.html] [img]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_220617.jpg[/img] [size=150]Good Morning Planets from Chile[/size][/url]

[b] Explanation: [/b] On June 15, innermost planet Mercury had wandered about as far from the Sun as it ever gets [url=https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/mercury-before-sunrise-greatest-elongation-west/]in planet Earth's sky[/url]. Near the eastern horizon just before sunrise it stands over distant Andes mountain peaks in [url=https://www.elke-schulz.com/planetary-party/]this predawn snapshot[/url] from the valley of Rio Hurtado in Chile. June's other morning planets are arrayed above it, as all the naked-eye planets of the Solar System stretch in a line [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170225.html]along the ecliptic[/url] in the single wide-field view. Tilted toward the north, the Solar System's ecliptic plane arcs steeply through southern hemisphere skies. Northern hemisphere early morning risers will see the [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220420.html]lineup of planets[/url] along the ecliptic at a shallower angle tilting toward the south. From both hemispheres [url=https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury/]June's beautiful morning[/url] planetary display finds the visible planets in order of their increasing [url=https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/our-solar-system/overview/]distance from the Sun[/url].


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