The early bird catches the worm, and the early riser⏰ can enjoy the spectacular astronomical events!

In the next three months, the east to the southeast night sky will be "crowded" as serial planetary events will occur at dawn between late March and late May. The events involve planet conjunctions with the Moon (planets and the Moon🌙 appear to be visually close together in the sky) and planetary conjunctions (two planets appear to be visually close together in the sky).

To kick-off the serial planetary events is the planetary trio with the waning crescent. Venus, Mars and Saturn🪐 will meet up before sunrise in late March, the waning crescent Moon🌙 will join the trio on 28 and 29 March. As the Moon and the planets move close to the ecliptic in the sky, they will occasionally appear in close proximity to one another as seen on Earth. You can see the conspicuous quadruple with your naked eyes. Venus is the brightest and looks white at magnitude - 4.3. Mars (magnitude 1.1) is a dimmer orange-red star on the right side of Venus while Saturn (magnitude 0.9), with a light-yellow hue is near the bottom right of Venus.

Here are the observing tips:
👀: the naked eye is all you need
📍: go to a site with an unobstructed view of the sky and horizon in the east to southeast direction. Suggested locations include Siu Sai Wan, Clear Water Bay, Sai Kung Waterfront Park, Tai Po Waterfront Park, etc.
🕠: 4:45-5:45 a.m.

Don't forget to maintain social distancing during stargazing!
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