Planets

A chart showing the position of Uranus in the night sky in October 2021

Observing guide How to see the planets in the night sky, October 2021

A chart showing how to find Neptune in the night sky in September 2021

Observing guide How to see the planets, September 2021

Jupiter, Rouzbeh Bidshahri, Dubai, 25 July 2019 Equipment: ZWO ASI290 mono camera, Celestron C14 Schmidt-Cassegrain, Losmandy Titan mount

Observing guide Catch Jupiter at opposition

How to see the planets in the night sky, July 2021. Credit: m-gucci / Getty Images.

Observing guide How to see the planets in the night sky, July 2021

Five Years by Tom Howard, Crawley, Sussex, UK.

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Astronomy explained The Planets

Jupiter and Saturn looking southeast around 03:00 BST (02:00 UT) at the start of June 02:00 BST (01:00 UT) mid-month, and 01:00 BST (00:00 UT) at the end of June. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Observing guide See the planets in the night sky, June 2021

Mercury and Venus will be good planetary targets to observe during May 2021. Credit: Pete Lawrence. during May

Observing guide How to see the planets, May 2021

Mercury and Venus appear close from 24-26 May. They’re just over a degree apart on 25 May. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Observing How to see the planets in April

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Make a Solar System mobile for kids

How to photograph the planets. Credit: JULIAN74 / Getty Images / iStock

Astrophotography guides

How to photograph the planets

How to see the planets in the night sky March 2021. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Observing guide How to see the planets throughout March 2021

A view of Uranus captured by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2006. Credit: NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute

How was Uranus discovered?

A dark storm spotted on Neptune by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley) and L.A. Sromovsky and P.M. Fry (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Eye On The Sky Strange dark storms spotted on planet Neptune

How to see the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, 21 December 2020. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Great Conjunction See Jupiter and Saturn's planetary 'kiss', 21 December