Planets During Eclipse

The quotnightquot sky during the eclipse on April 8th. Courtesy Eric HenriksonKXAN Tips for viewing the planets and stars during the eclipse. Viewing the stars and planets in Austin will be

During the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, millions of Americans will be able to spot two bright planets near the sun. Learn how to find Venus and Jupiter, and possibly Saturn, Mars and a comet, in the path of totality.

While each eclipse is different and distance from the Sun plays a role, seeing 2nd-magnitude stars and planets is typically hit-and-miss. I found no naked-eye observations of Mars during the 2017 eclipse when the 1.8-magnitude planet stood 8 from the Sun. During the same eclipse 1st-magnitude Regulus hovered only about a degree from the solar

During solar eclipse totality, you may be able to spot these planets in the dark sky If the clouds clear enough, you could see Jupiter, Venus and maybe even Mars and Saturn Julie Moreno

Learn how to spot Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Mars and comet 12P during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. The eclipse will be visible across parts of Mexico, Canada and the U.S., from Texas to Maine.

During the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, sharp-eyed observers might spot some planets in the darkened sky near the eclipsed Sun.Jupiter and Venus, on opposite sides of the Sun, will be the brightest and easiest to spot. Jupiter will appear about 30 degrees to the upper left of the eclipsed Sun while Venus will appear about 15 degrees to the lower right of the eclipsed Sun.Fainter Mars

Star map showing the positions of the planets at eclipse totality on April 8th 2024 click on the thumbnail for the full-size version. A simulation of this region of the sky at totality is shown below.The ecliptic dark yellow line is the apparent path of the Sun through the zodiac constellations as seen from the orbiting Earth during the year - the Moon and planets follow it very closely.

The closest planet to the sun during the eclipseand almost alwaysis tiny Mercury. That will be too faint to see during totality. quotDitto Uranus and Neptune, which are not visible during the

An observer in or near the path of totality for the April 8 solar eclipse, can make useful observations of the appearance of the moon's shadow projected on the Earth's atmosphere, before, during

During the last U.S. total solar eclipse in 2017, a team of scientists flew balloons outside the path of totality in Wyoming and New York and found hints that the shadow of the moon racing across