New Year Night Sky

Yesterday I posted a video debunking the Face Book memes and misinformation about the Great January Planetary Alignment Hoax of 2025.

Today is guidance about the four planets that you can see with you naked eye (Uranus and Neptune are out there too but without optics they're not easily discerned).

The four brighter planets that you can spot together in the winter night sky include Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in what is referred-to as a planetary parade.

While the four planets will appear to line-up in the night sky this alignment is nothing new.  If you watched the video yesterday you would recall that this is what planets do in the ordinary scheme of things. 

In any event, for the initial couple of hours after darkness falls you should be able to spot Venus and Saturn in the southwest along with Jupiter situated higher in the sky and Mars in the east.

Fingers-crossed for cold, clear viewing conditions.

And don't believe bullshit posted on Face Book.  They haven't fact-checked much for years....