Skywatchers can spot Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars in the night sky with the naked eye, but two other planets might need a telescope to be seen.

The ‘Parade of Planets’ will be around until March, according to Anderson. The best time to view the phenomenon will be on Thursday and Saturday nights with mostly clear skies forecasted. Find stories like this and more, in our apps.

"This is, incidentally, why we sometimes observe planets appearing to approach closely to each other on the sky, as we view them along a line while they careen around the cosmic r

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