During the month of May 2011, we're in for a treat as four of the five naked eye planets will be close to each other (what we call a conjunction) in the pre-dawn sky.

To make it even better, the thin Crescent Moon joins the show on May 1st and May 30th/31st, and will be a beautiful sight visually and also present some fantastic photographic opportunities - well worth getting up for!

To find out more about the conjunctions during May, including where and how you can see them, sky charts for key dates during May, how to photograph the conjunctions, and even to learn more about what a conjunction actually is, then head to this article which has everything you need:

Upcoming Conjunctions Featuring the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter in May 2011

We'd love to see your images and read your reports from the event. Please share your experiences in our Solar System forum or on our Facebook page.

Good luck with the weather (it can't be cloudy during the whole month of May can it!??) and make sure you prepare early enough as the dawn light changes rapidly.

These two images are from similar recent conjunctions - the Moon, Mars, Mercury and Jupiter on Feb 23rd 2009, and the Smiley Face Conjunction on 1st December 2008.