{"id":272799,"date":"2026-02-07T20:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T20:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/272799\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T20:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T20:28:19","slug":"how-to-watch-rare-6-planet-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/272799\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Watch Rare 6-Planet Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a celestial connection on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>Six planets\u2014Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus, and Venus\u2014are set to appear in the sky in what\u2019s known as a planet parade on Feb. 28. And since this is a unique phenomenon, stargazers will need to dust off their binoculars to see some of it in person.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/blogs\/watch-the-skies\/2026\/01\/16\/most-notable-2026-astronomical-events-a-year-of-watching-the-skies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASA<\/a>, viewers will have to use \u201coptical assistance\u201d to see Uranus and Neptune because they\u2019re the furthest planets in the solar system. However, the other four planets (especially Venus, since it\u2019s the brightest of them all) will be visible to the naked eye. To make this occasion even more special, the space organization also noted a near-full moon will appear in the sky at the same time.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Though the latter cosmic will be easier to see, it\u2019s still important to make sure your view is clear to get a full look at the parade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As for where watchers should look in the night sky? If you\u2019re only interested in seeing Venus, Mercury and Saturn, look towards the west right after sunset. To catch Jupiter, which is set to be near Saturn and Uranus, follow the alignment east.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a celestial connection on the horizon. Six planets\u2014Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus, and Venus\u2014are set to appear&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[111,139,69,147,392],"class_list":["post-272799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}