On the evening of February 28, residents of all regions of Russia will be able to observe a parade of planets, TASS was told by Nathan Eismont, a leading researcher at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The parade of planets can be observed in the evening, about an hour after sunset. It will be visible in all parts of Russia. All planets except Mars will participate in the parade. That is, in the night sky you will be able to see Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, as well as the Moon joining them. They will all line up in almost one line.
According to Eismont, most of the planets — Mercury, Venus, Jupiter — will be visible to the naked eye. To see Uranus and Neptune, you will need an amateur telescope.
On February 17, the Russian Mirny station in East Antarctica observed an equally rare phenomenon: a solar eclipse with a "ring of fire". It was the first of two in 2026. The reason for the "ring of fire" is the position of the Moon at its apogee, the farthest point in its orbit, explained Vitaly Frantsev, a lecturer at the Moscow Planetarium. Due to the distance, the lunar disk appears smaller than the solar disk and does not completely cover it. At perigee, when the Moon gets closer, a total eclipse occurs.
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