This great alignment, which began in late January, is a phenomenon that does not happen every year and can be observed from anywhere in the world.

The planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn can be seen with the naked eye as bright points of light and the great novelty in this alignment is that from Earth it will be possible to see Mercury, the smallest planet in the solar system and the closest to the Sun.

Likewise, most of the stars can be observed without the need of telescopes or specific binoculars and Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will reflect enough light to be easily identified”, so people will be able to notice them without difficulty.

However, Uranus and Neptune, given the distance between these planets and the sun, can only be observed with astronomical equipment.

The most recent planetary alignment took place on January 21 and involved Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and Saturn.

This event occurs when several celestial bodies meet at a specific point in their orbit where they appear to be in line between the Earth and the Sun from Earth’s perspective.

Although the planets appear to be relatively close to each other, there are millions of kilometers between them.

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