URANUS, Mars and the Moon will be making a pretty close approach tomorrow.
Stargazers should note down this Thursday, January 21 on their calendars if they want to view the celestial event.
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The trio should be visible with the naked eye.
However, you may need a pair of binoculars just to be on the safe side.
The Moon, Mars and Uranus will appear in a vertical line.
They’ll be at their closest this Thursday but you can try looking tonight as the trio creeps together in the sky.
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The Moon and the planets will be just above the southwest horizon after sunset.
If there are clear skies you should easily be able to spot Mars shining brightly just above the Moon.
Uranus will be much fainter and below Mars.
Astronomers think Uranus will actually be around 150 time fainter than the Red Planet.
That’s why binoculars may be useful.
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and Uranus is the seventh furthest away.
Mars facts
Here’s what you need to know about the Red Planet…
- Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun
- It is named after the Roman god of war
- The landmass of Mars is very similar to Earth but due to the difference in gravity you could jump three times higher there than you can here
- Mars is mountainous and hosts the tallest mountain known in the Solar System called Olympus Mons, which is three times higher than Everest
- Mars is considered to be the second most habitable planet after Earth
- It takes the planet 687 Earth days to orbit the Sun
- So far, there has been 39 missions to Mars but only 16 of these have been successful
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Will you be watching the planets meet up tomorrow? Let us know in the comments…
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