"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

Jan. 21. A planet parade is when several of our solar system's planets are visible in the night sky at the same time. There will be six planets visible this time around, including Venus, Mars, Jupiter,

KGUN 9's Cuyler Diggs explains how you can check out the 'parade of planets' in our night sky through February!

The seven planets will not be perfectly aligned, but will appear in an arc across the sky due to their orbital plane in the Solar System.

A planetary alignment occurs when several planets gather on one side of the Sun, appearing to form a line from our perspective on Earth. While the alignment is not a perfectly straight line due to the varying speeds and distances of the planets' orbits,

Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will align in a straight line in the sky. While most of these planets will be visible to the naked eye, some will require binoculars for observation.