[HN Gopher] A Rare Alignment of 7 Planets Is About to Take Place...
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       A Rare Alignment of 7 Planets Is About to Take Place in the Sky
        
       Author : koolba
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2025-01-08 19:37 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.sciencealert.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.sciencealert.com)
        
       | pmdulaney wrote:
       | Shouldn't there be some apocalyptic, end-of-the-world conspiracy
       | theory to go along with this? I'm almost disappointed.
        
         | jjulius wrote:
         | I'm sure that astrology-Instagram is full of all kinds of ideas
         | about what this means.
        
         | exabrial wrote:
         | Yes, this was in a documentary called MacGyver: Lost Treasure
         | of Atlantis.
         | 
         | (this is a joke, because hn)
        
       | serial_dev wrote:
       | This sounds quite interesting. I'm considering buying a telescope
       | for this occasion (we moved out of the city and I've been
       | thinking about it for a while, the sky is always so clear around
       | very).
       | 
       | What would you recommend as entry level beginner telescope? Is it
       | worth observing all this via a telescope?
        
       | mcdeltat wrote:
       | Apparently this is visible everywhere on Earth, which is cool.
       | (Sometimes sites don't bother saying where and it turns out to
       | only be visible in the US - very annoying for those who live
       | elsewhere.)
       | 
       | https://starwalk.space/en/news/what-is-planet-parade
        
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