Seven planets visible with the naked eye from Medicine Hat

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NASA says that while planet alignment itself isn’t unusual, what makes these events special is the opportunity to observe multiple planets simultaneously with the naked eye.

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Kimberly Sibbald, a Medicine Hat resident, shared a photo taken Friday evening of the event.

Courtesy/Kimberly Sibbald

Sibbald said that she was able to capture five of the planets in a single image using a 14mm lens — Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, and Mercury.

She said that Saturn was well below the horizon at the time of the photo being taken. Mars was out of the frame and would have required a panoramic image.

Sibbald said that the waxing crescent moon hung right above the horizon.