Planet Parade – April 2022
April 2022 was a spectacular month to view 5 planets lining up. These were visible early in the morning between 4.30 am and 5.30 am, the views of the planets were spectacular. The 5 planets being Jupiter, Venus, Neptune, Mars and Saturn.
On April 29th and May 1st there was a beautiful conjunction of two of the brightest planets in the sky – Venus and Jupiter. They were so close that both planets were visible within the same field of view in the eyepiece of the telescope.
For the most part of the month, Jupiter was well below Venus, but by April 29th, it had caught up with Venus and had gone past Venus by May 2nd!
The other highlight of this early morning views of the planet parade was the positioning of Moon with the planets. Starting from about April 26th, Moon was next to Mars, on April 27th it was next to Venus, on April 28th below Jupiter and Venus.
Below are some photos. Hope you like them!
You Tube link showing the Venus – Jupiter conjunction on May 1st.
