Friday 24 May 2024

Twelve-Inch Point the Way

 

The Internet tends to show you more of whatever you seem to like. (Warning: if you’re always clicking on headlines that make you angry, and posting comments while you’re seeing red, the Internet is going to assume it’s what you prefer, and show you more of that.) I spent a lot of time reading about the last three solar eclipses, so today my newsfeed is full of the “planetary parade” coming next week. Across the pre-dawn sky next Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, six planets (and one moon) will line up. Okay, they don’t ACTUALLY line up. It only looks that way from Earth's point of view. And most of the planets – Jupiter, Mercury, Uranus and Neptune – won’t be visible to the naked eye. But I’m the one who loves to spot the International Space Station whenever I can. So, I’ll be up early, looking for Saturn, Mars and the moon. Unless it’s raining.

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