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| 6/24/2022

"Standing under the spread will feel like looking out the window of spaceship Earth at our place in the cosmic order."

-- Bob King

Strutting through a celestial catwalk, five planets will take the stage over Orlando’s sky Friday morning and for the next several weeks into July. More astonishing, the five planets will be lining up in the correct order away from the sun for Earthly viewing pleasure, according to skyandtelescope.org writer Bob King.

Stargazers will be able to see Mercury at the eastern horizon followed by Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and ending at Saturn. One can include Earth in the lineup for a feeling of completion to the lineup by using the waning moon as a proxy for Earth, King said.

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