It was dawn, or around 04.30 WIB on June 24, so the most ideal time to witness the parallel planet phenomenon. You guys missed? Don't worry, this phenomenon will still be there next week.
Since early June, the public can witness a rare phenomenon, where the planets Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are in an inline configuration.
This configuration or sky parade can be enjoyed in the early hours of June 4, 2022. This rare phenomenon will continue until the end of June 2022 in several configurations.
The first configuration consists of the alignment of Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn on June 4-15, 2022.
Next, followed by a second configuration with the planetary arrangement Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon on June 16-27, 2022.
Then, it ends with a configuration with the same arrangement as the first, namely Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn on June 28-30 2022. Well, the parallel formation of the five planets and the Moon looks most perfect on 23-24 June.
This parallel planetary configuration phenomenon can be witnessed for approximately 50 minutes according to the dawn time of each region. Starting from the start of the astronomical dawn with the Sun's altitude -18° or 75 minutes before sunrise (around 04.30 local time), until dawn, where the Sun's altitude is -6° or 25 minutes before sunrise (around 05.30 local time) .
He explained, from June 4 to 30, Mercury will have a brightness that varies between +2.06 to -0.61. This indicates that Mercury will be getting brighter until the end of June. As for Venus, it varies between -3.94 to -3.89, which means it will be a little dimmer at the end of June.
Meanwhile, Uranus varies between +5.89 to +5.87, which means that Uranus will be slightly brighter at the end of June. Similar to Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn which vary from +0.57 to +0.47, -2.25 to -2.41, and +0.68 to +0.56, respectively.
Can be seen directly, except for Uranus
All of these phenomena can be witnessed without the use of optical aids, except for Uranus.
"This is because the brightness is greater than +4.7 than the maximum visual magnitude limit for urban areas, so a small telescope with a diameter of 10-25 cm is needed to be able to see Uranus," he said.
To be able to see this phenomenon can be witnessed as long as the weather is bright enough, free from light pollution and the field of view is free from obstructions.
In fact, for areas where light pollution is almost non-existent (sky conditions are absolutely clear), Uranus can be seen without using a telescope because its brightness is less than +6.5. So don't miss this parallel planet phenomenon.