{"id":60507,"date":"2024-07-01T06:26:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T06:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/77d4a9e7-1d62-4bf7-991f-c4b0fcaad056"},"modified":"2024-07-01T06:39:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T06:39:43","slug":"the-planets-are-back-mars-jupiter-and-uranus-parade-the-sky-in-july-meeting-the-moon-stars-and-clusters-along-the-way","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/the-planets-are-back-mars-jupiter-and-uranus-parade-the-sky-in-july-meeting-the-moon-stars-and-clusters-along-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"The planets are back. Mars, Jupiter and Uranus parade the sky in July, meeting the Moon, stars and clusters along the way"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mars and Jupiter steal the show as the planets start to improve this month. <\/p>

By Pete Lawrence\n <\/p>

Published: Monday, 01 July 2024 at 06:26 AM<\/p>

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The planets have been absent for the last few months in 2024, their visibility hampered by the Sun\u2019s glare in the morning sky, compounded by really short Northern Hemisphere nights near the June solstice.<\/p>

The ecliptic<\/a> has been at a shallow angle with the horizon at sunrise too, factors adding to a poor recent performance from the main planets.<\/p>

But things are about to change for the better, as the planets begin to return to our skies in July 2024.<\/p>

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