This guide will tell you the best times to see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in 2022, and clue you in about planetary meetups, conjunctions and more.
Jupiter as seen by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on April 3, 2017, four days before the planet arrived at opposition.starts the year in Aquarius the Water Carrier, crosses over into Pisces the Fishes on April 14, then moves into the non-zodiacal constellation of Cetus, the Whale on June 26. The giant planet backtracks into Pisces on Sept. 2, where it will remain for the balance of the year. Evenings from Jan. 1 to Feb. 13; mornings from March 26 to Sept. 25; evenings again from Sept. 26 to Dec.
All through 2022, Saturn will be found within the boundaries of Capricornus the Sea Goat. Evenings from Jan. 1 to Jan. 17; mornings from Feb. 22 to Aug. 13; evenings again from Aug. 14 to Dec. 31. Venus will pass to the upper left of Saturn on the morning of March 29 and Saturn will appear quite close to Mars on the morning of April 4.NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft captured this image of the planet Uranus on Dec. 18, 1986.
At a peak magnitude of positive 7.8, this bluish-hued world is only visible with good binoculars or a telescope. Evenings from Jan. 1 through Feb. 25; mornings from March 29 through Sept. 15; evenings again from Sept. 16 to Dec. 31.Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's
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