Astronomy Picture of the Day - April 26th 2022 - Planet Parade over Sydney Opera House Narrated by Amy
The world is waking up to a picturesque planet parade.
Just before dawn the eastern skies over much of planet Earth are decorated by a notable line of familiar planets.
In much of Earths northern hemisphere this line of planets appears most nearly horizontal but in much of Earths southern hemisphere the line appears more nearly vertical.
Pictured over the Sydney Opera House in southern Australia the planet line was captured nearly vertical about five days ago.
From top to bottom the morning planets are Saturn Mars Venus and Jupiter.
As April ends the angular distance between Venus and Jupiter will gradually pass below a degree as they switch places.
Then as May ends Jupiter will pass near Mars as those two planets switch places.
In June the parade will briefly expand to include Mercury.
Notable Submissions to APOD: Morning Planet Parade 2022
Image Credit Copyright: Prasun Agrawal
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This video was auto generated using data from NASA Open API.
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