You’ll be able to see Mercury and Jupiter side-by-side this weekend

The smallest and largest planets in the solar system will meetup as the first week of March concludes!

Friday morning, March 5th, Mercury and Jupiter will appear side by side in the sky in an astrological event called a conjunction. This type of conjunction is not particularly rare, and it’s the second time this year that Mercury and Jupiter are converging in the night sky.

To see it, you’ll need to look southeast about an hour before sunrise with the two eventually fading away as the light from the sun brightens the sky in the approach to daybreak. Saturn will also be glowing nearby, above the duo and off to the right. The event will be visible around the entire globe.

If cloudy conditions obscure the sky on Friday, people can check out the event Saturday, March 6th or Sunday, March 7th in the morning, as they’ll still be close to each other, but not as close as they will be on Friday.

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