Stargazing: Prepare for rare event as five planets and Crescent Moon align

By David Reneke
January 19 2016 - 2:00pm
Alignment: Artist's impression of how the planets will align this month. Picture: David Reneke.
Alignment: Artist's impression of how the planets will align this month. Picture: David Reneke.

Get set for a rare sky event. Starting this week the five well known planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and giant Jupiter are all going to be in the same part of the eastern morning sky together, joined for a short time by a thin Crescent Moon. 

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