You’ll get to witness a mind-blowing cosmic showcase tonight as all the planets of our solar system will be visible at the same time.

With the year 2022 coming to a close, stargazers can catch the rare glimpse of all the planets in our solar system together in the sky, that too simply with the naked eye. 

Tonight, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are visible clearly with the naked eye at 11:00 PM IST. Uranus and Neptune, however, would require binoculars or a telescope to get a good look. 

Mercury could be a little difficult to see due to its small size, but if the sky conditions are just the right amount of dark, it shouldn’t be very difficult to spot the hottest planet of our solar system.

You can spot Uranus using binoculars or a telescope by looking between Mars and Jupiter. Neptune, on the other hand, will be visible between Saturn and Jupiter.

According to Gianluca Masi, an astronomer with the Virtual Telescope Project in a conversation with Newsweek, while this isn’t a rare phenomenon, seeing all the planets in the sky at once, it is definitely an interesting one, especially for avid astronomers. 

In case you don’t have access to binoculars or telescopes or maybe the visibility where you reside just isn’t as good, you can still witness the cosmic showcase via the Virtual Telescope Project’s YouTube Channel.