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The Global Planet Parade of September 2025

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00:00Hello, Star Lovers.
00:03Before the first light of morning touches the rooftops, the solar system is ready for
00:07a quiet performance.
00:09In the pre-dawn hours of September 18th through 20, 2025, a rare planet parade will stretch
00:15across the eastern horizon.
00:17From New York and Los Angeles to London, Berlin, Paris, Sydney and Melbourne, anyone willing
00:22to wake early can watch several worlds trace a single arc of light.
00:27This parade happens because all the major planets orbit in nearly the same plane.
00:32From Earth's perspective, they sometimes appear to gather along the ecliptic, like beads on
00:36an invisible string.
00:38In this September display, Venus and Jupiter will blaze brightest.
00:43Saturn will hover higher, and Uranus and Neptune will wait for those with binoculars or a small
00:48telescope.
00:49The moment is brief.
00:50Step outside about 45 minutes before your local sunrise.
00:54Whether that's 5.45 a.m. in Boston, 6.15 a.m. in London, or 5.20 a.m. in Sydney.
01:00Face east, find an open horizon, and give your eyes a few minutes to adjust.
01:06City dwellers might climb a rooftop or head to a dark beach or countryside ridge.
01:11A simple pair of binoculars will reveal rings, moons, and subtle colors hidden to the naked
01:17eye.
01:18This is the first time the planets have performed.
01:21A six-planet spectacle lit up skies August 17-20, 2025, and earlier this year, a seven-planet
01:29array amazed observers worldwide.
01:32The next widely visible gathering of five or more planets isn't expected until October
01:3622, 2028, making this September's show a rare invitation.
01:41Astronomers and sky-watching guides from NASA, Earthsky, Levescience, Farmer's Almanac, and
01:48Space.com have all confirmed the timing and visibility.
01:53Their calculations map the orbits with precision.
01:55The magic is in the moment.
01:57Standing under a darkening sky in America, the UK, across Europe or Australia, watching
02:04worlds hundreds of millions of miles apart, seem to glide together for just a few dawns.
02:10During a thermos of coffee, maybe a camera, and patience for the silence.
02:14For a few minutes, the vast machinery of the cosmos will reveal itself one elegant line of
02:19light reminding.
02:21Every corner of Earth that we share the same sky.
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