Picture this!

It’s a crisp Christmassy evening in late December, no smog and the sky is clear over Gurgaon, and we can see all of the seven planets, from Mercury to Neptune. Sone with naked eyes and some with a telescope.

Sunset is at 5:30 pm, but the first two planets are bright enough to be visible even before the Sun sets. Venus & Mercury towards the western direction would be seen just as the Sun is touching the horizon. Venus, the brightest would be easy to spot, but Mercury, as always, would be the most difficult to spot.

Twilight colour comes around after sunset and three planets are brighter than the dusk to be visible easily in twilight. Jupiter, the overall second brightest planet high towards the south, fiery red Mars towards the east and Saturn going westwards.

As the time of nautical twilight arrives, it is as dark as it gets in the city setting at our Astro Facility – Manesar, it is time to watch the remaining planets, the Icy Giants Uranus & Neptune.

It’s an all planet evening. All the planets of the Solar System will be visible in just a matter of two to three hours.

We are organising an observation on the evening of 23rd December. Several large telescopes will be lined up to observe all the planets in this short duration.

All are welcome to this early evening observation. We will be happy if you spread the word of this event in your circles.

The observation starts at 5pm, don’t be late or you will miss the two evening planets Venus & Mercury.