You may have heard that you should look for a “planet parade” of five solar system objects coming to the sky on March 28. “Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars will be visible at the same time that night,” some may say. Sound too good to be true? It is.
While it is true that the planets Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars will be lined up in the sky on March 28, there is a huge problem: you won’t see three of them. Mercury and Jupiter will be too low in the sky after sunset and will quickly set below the ground. And to see Uranus, you need a telescope.
Which planets WILL you be able to see on March 28?
So what will you see when you look up on March 28 after sunset? A dazzlingly bright star-like object, so bright you’ll think it’s a UFO. That will