The early this saturdayminutes before 5 am -just over 2 hours before sunrise- you will be able to see venus and mars almost almost aligned, separated by just 6.75 degrees between them, and Mercury about 14 degrees lower. The astronomical phenomenon can be seen until the 15th of this month.
Differentiate them, because it will be easy, since Venus is the brightest, Mars has a reddish hue from iron oxide it has on its surface and Mercury will be the other, the less bright and the one that will be lower on the horizon. If you look through a telescope you can see more details of Mars, such as its frozen poles.
Ascent to the southeast
At about 4:42 a.m., Venus will begin its southeasterly ascent and will be the brightest star before sunrise. Twenty minutes later, Mars will appear to the west, and an hour later, the faint glow of Mercury will close the triangle. before dawn.
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being Venusthe planet of love – not in vain does it take its name from the Roman goddess of love -, the second natural object brightest after the moon, can be seen in a clear night sky without the need for telescopes or magnifying devices. It is one of only three celestial bodies, along with the Moon and the Sun, that can be seen with the naked eye during the day.
The bright planet will play for a month – until the March 12– with the red planet. Venus will reach its maximum elongation – the angle it makes with the Sun – in March, so it will appear to remain fixed in the sky, close to Marsuntil then.