Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                               2023 January 2
   [2]The featured image is a wide-angle image featuring a Turkish village
     in the foreground and a sky containing off of planets in our Solar
   System in the background. Please see the explanation for more detailed
                                information.

                         After Sunset Planet Parade
            Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Tunc Tezel ([5]TWAN)

   Explanation: Look up tonight and see a whole bunch of planets. Just
   after sunset, looking west, planets [6]Venus, [7]Saturn, [8]Jupiter and
   [9]Mars will all be [10]simultaneously visible. Listed west to east,
   this planetary lineup will have Venus nearest the horizon, but setting
   shortly after the Sun. It doesn't matter where on [11]Earth you live
   because this early evening [12]planet parade will be visible through
   clear skies all around the globe. Taken late last month, the featured
   image captured all of these planets and more: the [13]Moon and planet
   [14]Mercury were also simultaneously visible. Below visibility were the
   planets [15]Neptune and [16]Uranus, making this a nearly [17]all-planet
   panorama. In the foreground are hills around the small village of
   Gökçeören, [18]Kas, [19]Turkey, near the [20]Mediterranean coast.
   Bright stars [21]Altair, [22]Fomalhaut, and [23]Aldebaran are also
   prominent, as well as the [24]Pleiades star cluster. Venus will
   [25]rise higher in the sky at sunset as January continues, but Saturn
   will descend.

                       Tomorrow's picture: stars align
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