Working as the Chief Specialist at TÜBİTAK National Observatory (TUG), Dr. Tuncay Özışık announced that the most important celestial event that will occur in 2022 will take place on the night of December 31, that is, on the New Year’s Eve. In the celestial event, which will take place every 20-30 years, 7 planets outside the Earth in the Solar System, 2 of which are telescopes and 5 of them with the naked eye, will be able to be observed at the same time.
In this interesting celestial event, the planets that can be seen with the naked eye and telescope will be accompanied by the moon of our planet. Stating that a similar event will occur on June 23, Özışık said that it would be more difficult for everyone to observe the event, which will take place on this date, due to the early hours.
5 planets can be seen with the naked eye, 2 planets can be seen with a telescope
In his statement, Özışık said, “It will be possible to see and even display all the planets together. If the weather is good on the evening of December 31st, when you look at the western horizon after sunset, it is possible to see 5 planets with the naked eye. Planets Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars. For those with a telescope, two more planets will be visible in the same region. Enthusiasts with a telescope can also see Uranus and Neptune. “On the evening of December 31, the Moon will be in the sky along with these planets,” he said.
Noting that 5 planets can also be observed on June 23, Özışık said, “Of course, the distances between each other are very different. We will be able to observe 5 planets with the naked eye on June 23, but this may not be seen by everyone as it will happen at sunrise. But December 31 is the last day of the year and at sunset, everyone can see it. easily observed,” he said.
In addition to this, in the TÜBİTAK National Observatory’s Yearbook of Celestial Events for the year 2022, apart from this celestial event, there are also planets that can be easily observed with the naked eye according to the months.
According to the TÜBİTAK National Observatory 2022 Celestial Events Yearbook, the bright planets and the days they can be observed are as follows:
- The Moon, as well as Jupiter, Saturn, and Mercury on the southwest horizon at sunset on January 6
- Venus and Mars on the southeast horizon at sunrise on January 28
- Jupiter on the western horizon at sunset on February 4, and Saturn, Mercury Venus and Mars on the southeast horizon on February 27.
- Saturn, Mercury, Venus and Mars on March 2
- On March 28, Venus, Saturn and Mars are on the southeast horizon at sunrise
- Venus, Saturn and Mars in the southeast sky before sunrise on April 2
- Mercury at sunset on April 29 on the western horizon
- Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Saturn in eastern and southeastern sky before sunrise on May 26
- Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in the east and south at sunrise on June 23
- Mercury and Venus on the eastern horizon at sunrise on July 1
- Jupiter in the east at midnight on July 19
- Mars and Jupiter in the southern sky at sunrise on August 19
- Jupiter and Saturn in the southern sky at midnight September 30.
- Jupiter and Saturn on the eastern horizon at sunset on October 7
- Mars in the east at midnight on November 11
- Jupiter and Saturn on the southern horizon at sunset on November 30
- Mars, Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus and Mercury in all bright planets and Moon sky at sunset on December 31
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