﻿ 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. 2022 May 4 [2]The featured image shows a series of four planets lining up in the morning over the ancient Egyptian pyramid known as Djoser. The image was taken is late April. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. Planets Over Egyptian Pyramid Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Osama Fatehi Explanation: The early morning planet parade continues. Visible the world over, the planets Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn have been lining up in the pre-dawn sky since mid-April. In the [4]featured image taken last month, these planets were captured over the Step [5]Pyramid of Djoser, a [6]UNESCO World Heritage [7]Site. Located in the [8]Saqqara necropolis of [9]Egypt, the pyramid was constructed in the 27th century BC and is one of the [10]oldest pyramids known. The two-image composite includes a foreground image taken during evening [11]blue hour, and a background image captured from the same location the following morning. The [12]morning planet line-up is [13]slowly changing. At the end of last month, planets [14]Jupiter and Venus switched places, while at the end of this month, Jupiter and Mars will switch after passing [15]within one-degree of each other. Of course, this picturesque planetary angular alignment is a coincidence, as [16]all of these worlds continue to orbit [17]the Sun as they have for billions of years, well before even the [18]ancient Pyramid of Djoser was built. Notable Submissions to APOD: [19]Morning Planet Parade 2022 Tomorrow's picture: open space __________________________________________________________________ [20]< | [21]Archive | [22]Submissions | [23]Index | [24]Search | [25]Calendar | [26]RSS | [27]Education | [28]About APOD | [29]Discuss | [30]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [31]Robert Nemiroff ([32]MTU) & [33]Jerry Bonnell ([34]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [35]Specific rights apply. [36]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [37]ASD at [38]NASA / [39]GSFC & [40]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2205/PyramidPlanets_Fatehi_8356.jpg 3. https://www.instagram.com/osama.fathi.nswatcher85/ 4. https://www.instagram.com/p/CcwVzRdjJVe/ 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_of_Djoser 6. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/ 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site 8. https://youtu.be/aoOh62XiDv4 9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt 10. https://www.oldest.org/structures/pyramids/ 11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_hour 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220426.html 13. https://www.nicepng.com/png/detail/893-8934255_cat-transparent-background-png-surprised-cat-png.png 14. https://blogs.nasa.gov/Watch_the_Skies/2022/04/01/mars-saturn-jupiter-venus-conjunctions-happening-this-month/ 15. https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20220529_20_100 16. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/our-solar-system/overview/ 17. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/in-depth/ 18. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/862/the-step-pyramid-of-djoser-at-saqqara/ 19. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4646593048778211&type=3 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220503.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 24. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 29. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=220504 30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220505.html 31. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 32. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 33. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 34. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 35. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 36. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 37. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 38. https://www.nasa.gov/ 39. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 40. http://www.mtu.edu/