Rare Planetary Parade over Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona

Rare Planetary Parade over Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona

Rare Planetary Parade over Kitt Peak National Observatory in ArizonaThis image captured the planetary parade of Saturn, Neptune, Venus, and Mercury on March 2, 2026.  Petr Horálek, the photographer, is a NOIRLab Audiovisual Ambassador.A planetary conjunction occurs when two planets appear close together in the sky along the ecliptic, though they remain millions of miles apart in space. The ecliptic is the apparent path of the Sun across the cele…