Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2022 April 26 [2]The featured image shows four planets lined up behind the Sydney Opera House in Australia. The image was taken five days ago just before sunrise. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. Planet Parade over Sydney Opera House Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Prasun Agrawal Explanation: The world is waking up to a picturesque planet parade. Just before dawn, the eastern skies over much of [4]planet Earth are decorated by a notable line of familiar planets. In much of Earth's northern hemisphere, this [5]line of planets appears most [6]nearly horizontal, but in much of [7]Earth's southern hemisphere, the line appears more nearly vertical. [8]Pictured over the [9]Sydney Opera House in southern [10]Australia, the planet line was captured nearly vertical about five days ago. From top to bottom, the morning planets are [11]Saturn, [12]Mars, [13]Venus, and [14]Jupiter. As April ends, the angular distance between [15]Venus and Jupiter will gradually pass below a degree as they switch places. Then, as May ends, [16]Jupiter will pass near Mars as those two planets [17]switch places. In June, the parade will briefly expand to include Mercury. Notable Submissions to APOD: [18]Morning Planet Parade 2022 Tomorrow's picture: Jupiter eclipse __________________________________________________________________ [19]< | [20]Archive | [21]Submissions | [22]Index | [23]Search | [24]Calendar | [25]RSS | [26]Education | [27]About APOD | [28]Discuss | [29]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [30]Robert Nemiroff ([31]MTU) & [32]Jerry Bonnell ([33]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [34]Specific rights apply. [35]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [36]ASD at [37]NASA / [38]GSFC & [39]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2204/PlanetParadeSydney_Agrawal_1663.jpg 3. https://www.instagram.com/_stars.and.stuff_/ 4. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220206.html 5. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/skywatching/whats-up/ 6. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220420.html 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Hemisphere 8. https://www.instagram.com/p/CcpEDd4JTj-/ 9. https://youtu.be/mGFz4T5W2qY 10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220123.html 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210701.html 13. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/all-about-venus/en/ 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190205.html 15. https://earthsky.org/tonight/venus-and-jupiter-conjunction-april-30-may-1-2022/ 16. https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20220529_20_100 17. https://ak.picdn.net/shutterstock/videos/1007292391/thumb/1.jpg 18. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4646593048778211&type=3 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220425.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 23. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 28. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=220426 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220427.html 30. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 31. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 32. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 33. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 34. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 35. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 36. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 37. https://www.nasa.gov/ 38. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 39. http://www.mtu.edu/