Publicatie datum
8 January 2025
In the first months of 2025, many planets are visible in our sky at the same time. As a result, there is a lot to see at Observatory Copernicus this season.
Saturn and Jupiter have both been visible since October, and are also the two most beautiful planets to look at. Saturn will no longer be visible at the end of January, but Jupiter remains visible high in the sky until summer.
Mars is rising ever higher in the eastern sky, but only in really good weather conditions will Mars look beautiful in our telescope. Mars too remains visible until summer.
Venus is rising ever higher in the western sky. Shortly after sunset, Venus is visible as a very, very bright star. Through the telescope Venus can only be seen at the start of the evening, as a little crescent.
Finding them yourself
At Observatory Copernicus we can point out the planets in our starry sky to you. But they can also be found from home on a clear evening.
You can see the planets relatively easily yourself in the sky. To the naked eye a planet looks like a strikingly bright star that does not twinkle.
Exactly where a planet is located depends on the date, due to its movement relative to the sun, and on the time, due to the rotation of the Earth. To find this you can use a website such as https://stellarium-web.org/.
