This morning when Ellie came into my room to see if I was awake at 6:15 I really wanted to sleep more but she reminded me it was time to look for the planets in the early morning sky.
We'd been following the news that we'd be able to see up to 5 planets if we had a clear sky and we made it outside early enough.
So this morning we bundled up and headed outside with the Night Sky app on my phone. From the picture above (not taken by me), you will find a good representation of what we saw - almost.
Venus was easy to spot. Brightest planet in the sky. Jupiter too, in the west was brighter than I would expect. Mars was smaller, but visible and Mercury tiny to the naked eye was low in the sky. The only one we missed this morning was Saturn. It was cloudy in that area of the sky and we gave up waiting for the clouds to move!
The moon was full early on January 24th as well, so it was quite a sight. We will keep looking for clearer skies as this display will likely last until early February.
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