"You want the air to be nice and still," he adds. "If you really want to get the best photo of a planet you want to try and aim for when it’s riding really high in the sky and ‘at opposition’," explains Steve Marsh, Astronomy Photographer of the Year judge and BBC Sky at Night Magazine art editor. Mars is slightly different: because Earth and Mars are relatively close together in the Solar System, an opposition of Mars happens roughly every 27 months.īelow are the upcoming dates when planets will be at opposition: Planet Planetary oppositions for Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune occur almost every year, as Earth on its much faster orbit passes between these planets and the Sun. Jupiter Close to Opposition by Marco Lorenzi, shortlisted in Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023 Planet opposition dates
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