{"id":323032,"date":"2026-03-01T06:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T06:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/323032\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T06:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T06:51:09","slug":"look-up-tonight-as-six-planets-align-in-the-night-sky-how-to-see-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/323032\/","title":{"rendered":"Look up tonight as six planets align in the night sky: How to see it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/aurrz08i19tnryte.jpg\" alt=\"WATCH: SpaceX launches exoplanet-studying satellite\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">Six planets could be visible to the naked eye Saturday, but having a pair of binoculars or even a telescope wouldn\u2019t hurt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   Which planets are aligning?\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn and Neptune will line up along the ecliptic, forming an arc across the night sky.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/planet-parade.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-97c6a84c=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-97c6a84c=\"\">FILE &#8211; Artist rendering of a planetary parade on Feb. 28, 2026. (Credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech) <\/p>\n<p>  Where to look <\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">The biggest challenge with seeing all six planets at the same time is due, much in part, to their placement in the sky in reference to the sun.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"LNFX\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">Venus, Jupiter and Saturn will shine bright and will be easy to spot with the naked eye.<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livenowfox.com\/news\/blood-moon-total-lunar-eclipse-happens-march-3-how-you-can-see-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blood moon total lunar eclipse happens March 3 &#8211; How you can see it<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">Mercury will appear low near the horizon and may or may not need a telescope to view.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">Skygazers will need a telescope or binoculars to see Uranus and Neptune.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">Here\u2019s an idea of where to look from west to east facing the horizon,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/starwalk.space\/en\/news\/planetary-alignment-february-28-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to the Starwalk website:\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p> West \/ Southwest: Mercury, Venus, Saturn, NeptuneSouthwest (higher in the sky): UranusSoutheast: Jupiter, close to the bright Moon What time should I look up? <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"LNFX\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">Timeline:<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">The best time to catch this parade of planets is just after sunset.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">They will be visible for several days before and after Feb. 28, giving sky watchers multiple chances to catch this celestial wonder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This report includes information from Earthsky.org, FOX Weather and\u00a0Space.com.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livenowfox.com\/tag\/science\/air-space\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-1b07e41a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air and Space<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Six planets could be visible to the naked eye Saturday, but having a pair of binoculars or even&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[26739,61,60,43,82,247],"class_list":{"0":"post-323032","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-air-space","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}