                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

    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 June 29

                        Solar System Family Portrait
                   Image Credit & Copyright: Alexis Trigo

   Explanation: Yes, but have you ever seen all of the planets at once? A
   rare roll-call of planets has been occurring in the morning sky for
   much of June. The featured fisheye all-sky image, taken a few mornings
   ago near the town of San Pedro de Atacama in Chile, caught not only the
   entire planet parade, but the Moon between Mars and Venus. In order,
   left to right along the ecliptic plane, members of this Solar System
   family portrait are Earth, Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter, Mars, Uranus,
   Venus, Mercury, and Earth. To emphasize their locations, Neptune and
   Uranus have been artificially enhanced. The volcano just below Mercury
   is Licancabur. In July, Mercury will move into the Sun's glare but
   reappear a few days later on the evening side. Then, in August, Saturn
   will drift past the direction opposite the Sun and so become visible at
   dusk instead of dawn. The next time that all eight planets will be
   simultaneously visible in a morning sky will be in 2122.

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