Morning Alignment of Planets

Space Weather News for Sept. 16, 2017 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom MORNING ALIGNMENT OF PLANETS: Set your alarm for dawn. Three planets and the crescent Moon are gathering for a beautiful alignment in the eastern sky before sunrise. In the mornings ahead, the Moon will hop from Venus to Mars and Mercury, forming a series of beautiful conjunctions, while Venus has its own close encounter with bright blue star Regulus. Visit Spaceweather.com for sky maps and more information. Remember, SpaceWeather.com is on Facebook! Above: Morning planets over Gleichen, Alberta, photographed by Alan Dyer. Monitor the Realtime Space Weather Photo Gallery for more sightings. Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2017 Spaceweather.com, All rights reserved.