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Since the beginning of June, the public can witness a rare phenomenon, where planet Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are in an inline configuration aka parallel planets. Nah, dawn 24th of June later is the time that is considered the best time to watch it.
Researcher from the Center for Space Research, the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Andi Pangerang revealed that this configuration or sky parade can be enjoyed in the early hours of June 4, 2022. This rare phenomenon will continue until the end of June 2022 in several configurations.
The first configuration consists of the alignment of Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn on June 4-15, 2022.
Next, followed by a second configuration with the planetary arrangement Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon on June 16-27, 2022.
Then, it ends with a configuration with the same arrangement as the first, namely Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn on June 28-30, 2022.
Well, the parallel formation of the five planets and the Moon will look most perfect on June 23-24. So it can be seen tomorrow this morning.
Andi explained, the configuration phenomenon parallel planets This can be seen for approximately 50 minutes according to the dawn time of each region. Starting from the start of the astronomical dawn with the Sun’s altitude -18° or 75 minutes before sunrise (around 04.30 local time), until dawn, where the Sun’s altitude is -6° or 25 minutes before sunrise (around 05.30 local time) .
“From June 4 to 30, Mercury will have a brightness that varies between +2.06 to -0.61. This indicates that Mercury will get brighter until the end of June. As for Venus, it varies between -3.94 to – 3.89, which means it will be a bit dim at the end of June,” Andi explained.
“Meanwhile, Uranus varies between +5.89 to +5.87, which means Uranus will be slightly brighter at the end of June. Similar to Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, which vary between +0.57 to +0, respectively. .47, -2.25 to -2.41, and +0.68 to +0.56,” said Andi.
Can be seen directly, except for Uranus
Andi said all of these phenomena can be witnessed without using optical aids, except for Uranus.
“This is because the brightness is greater than +4.7 than the maximum visual magnitude limit for urban areas, so a small telescope with a diameter of 10-25 cm is needed to be able to see Uranus,” he said.
Andi added, to be able to see this phenomenon, it can be witnessed as long as the weather is bright enough, free from light pollution and the field of view is free from obstructions.
In fact, for areas where light pollution is almost non-existent (sky conditions are absolutely clear), Uranus can be seen without using a telescope because its brightness is less than +6.5. So don’t miss the phenomenon parallel planets This morning.
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