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Look into the sky for the next month – the planets are about to align

Published 10:15 19 Jan 2016 GMT

Updated 11:04 19 Jan 2016 GMT

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Look into the sky for the next month – the planets are about to align

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We all have to become sky and stargazers for the next month.

Why? Because from January 20 to February 20, all five visible planets will sit in a line from the horizon to the moon for the first time since 2005. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will appear in a line, visible to the naked eye. planets Dr Alan Duffy, research fellow at Swinburne University in Melbourne, said that this reasonably rare alignment is “essentially a quirk” of the universe. He said: "All the planets sit on a flat plane but have different yearly cycles – so for all five visible planets to happen to line up is “something well worth seeing." If you don't see it first time, try again, astronomers promise we should all catch a glimpse. If this doesn't make us stick our phones in our pockets walking back from the train or bus at night, we don't know what will.

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