{"id":501163,"date":"2026-02-26T16:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/501163\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T16:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:38:07","slug":"look-up-six-planets-set-to-shine-over-cochrane-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/501163\/","title":{"rendered":"Look up! Six planets set to shine over Cochrane this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cochrane skygazers have a chance to catch six planets in the evening sky this weekend, <a href=\"https:\/\/cochranenow.com\/articles\/cochrane-braces-for-up-to-30cm-of-snow\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">if the weather cooperates.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A planetary parade will feature Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune visible at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>The best viewing window comes shortly after sunset on Saturday, when the grouping peaks.<\/p>\n<p>Around 6:45 p.m, look toward the western horizon, but be prepared for a short opportunity. Mercury and Venus will drop below the horizon within 30 to 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED STORIES:<\/p>\n<p>Venus will be the brightest object and the easiest starting point for spotting the others nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Mercury and Saturn will sit close to Venus, while faint Neptune will likely require a telescope to detect.<\/p>\n<p>Jupiter will shine higher in the southeastern sky and remain visible well after the others have set.<\/p>\n<p>Uranus will move across the southern sky through the evening, though binoculars or a telescope will improve your chances of seeing it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cochrane skygazers have a chance to catch six planets in the evening sky this weekend, if the weather&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,48,66],"class_list":["post-501163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}