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News NARIT invites you to watch the parade of 5 planets at 5 am tonight.

24 June 65 from the case of the page “NARIT, National Astronomical Research Institute” posted a message that June 24-25, Chuan Chom, a parade of 5 planets before dawn in the east From around 4:40 a.m. onwards, if the sky is clear without clouds, it can be observed with the naked eye in all regions of Thailand.

The five planets this time, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, will appear together in the eastern sky. line up following the path of the sun’s motion with the moon It began to be observed with the naked eye from around 04:40 until the sun rose from the horizon.

The planets appeared in the sky at the same time. and line up like this caused by each planet orbiting in a position that can be seen at the same time from the point of view of an observer on Earth As for the view from space, the planets are not aligned in a straight line at all. Because each planet orbit is distributed according to the orbit of that star. The opportunity to align to observers on Earth at the same time is an infrequent phenomenon. Especially the appearance of up to 5 stars if the sky is clear without rain clouds. Thai people will have the opportunity to see the beauty of the astronomical phenomenon before dawn. all over the country

On this special occasion, NARIT invites network schools to spread the opportunity to learn astronomy. general school and interested people Share your impressions of that morning with the #Morning Planet Parade activity, win a chance to win a “Star Watcher Handbook” total of 10 prizes (5 prizes for schools and 5 prizes for the general public). https://bit.ly/5planets-2022 From now – June 26, 2022 and the results will be announced on June 27, 2022 on the NARIT Facebook page, National Astronomical Research Institute.