In the first months of 2025, many planets are visible in our sky at the same time. This makes it an exciting season at the Copernicus Observatory.

Saturn and Jupiter have both been visible since October and are the two most beautiful planets to observe. Saturn will no longer be visible by the end of January, but Jupiter will remain high in the sky until summer.

Mars is gradually rising higher in the eastern sky, but it will only look impressive through our telescope under truly good weather conditions. Mars, too, will remain visible until summer.

Venus is climbing higher in the western sky. Shortly after sunset, Venus appears as a very, very bright star. Through the telescope, Venus can only be observed in the early evening, where it appears as a small crescent.

Find Them Yourself

At Sterrenwacht Copernicus, we can point out the planets in our night sky for you. But you can also spot them from home on a clear evening.

You can relatively easily see the planets in the sky yourself. To the naked eye, a planet looks like a strikingly bright star that does not twinkle.

The exact position of a planet depends on the date, due to its movement relative to the sun, and on the time, due to the Earth's rotation. To locate them, you can use a website like https://stellarium-web.org/.