Jupiter is magnitude -2.1 this month. Sirius is magnitude -1.5. This giant planet is creeping eastward in relation to background stars. At dusk from mid-northern latitudes during April you'll see ...

Four planets in the solar system are about to appear in alignment in the night sky. Here's how stargazers will be able to see ...

April’s planetary parade has fewer planets. Only four will line up: Venus, Saturn, Mercury and Neptune. April's parade of ...

For that event, you had to get up before sunrise, because all of the planets were visible at dawn. So 4.5 years had elapsed between the last "great alignment" and the one that just occurred.