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Originally Posted by Steffen
The planets may all be up, but they'll still be all over the place, not really aligned 
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Great grapic, Steffen! Thanks for it
I was thinking about how the planets will all be positioned around the Sun on the 18th of October. They certainly all need to be located on the same "half" of the orbital plane. Mind if I share your graphic around? I know a few teachers who would appreciate it.
Yes, "alignment" is a rather loose term here
. I wonder if an actual linear alignment could actually happen???
But, I'm prepared to be a bit loose with the term as this really is a unique event. Hopefully this will help generate a bit more interest in astronomy. Certainly a lot more special than any "super Moon", and I'd even say solar eclipse. Not anywhere as dramatic as a solar eclipse, but a hell of a lot more rare.
Thinking about Pluto, now's a good time to start working towards identifying it from out of the surrounding stars. Start taking photos or making observations/sketches of the area it's in now, and work towards a series of pics/sketches to identify it with by the 18th of October. Neat little project
Alex.