SPACE ODDITY: Five planets set to align

Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter will appear in a diagonal row before dawn on Wednesday.

If you miss it, don’t worry as the spectacular celestial show is set to continue every early morning until Saturday, February 20.

The best time to see the alignment is about 60 to 90 minutes before sunrise.

It’s the first time the five bright planets, so called as they can usually be seen easily with the naked eye, have aligned in such a way in more than ten years, according to EarthSky.org.

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