To observe the planets, you do not need a telescope greater than 4 -inches in diameter. A suitable pair of binoculars (in the range of 7 X 50 to 10 X 50) will be enough.

No matter how accurate the depictions are, the 500 planets are very much out there—as untold billions more likely are. Our lonely solar system, it increasingly seems, has more company than we ...

All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – here’s how to spot the celestial show. Close. Advertisement.

Feb. 28: Seven planets – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. (The last time all seven planets aligned was on April 8 during the total solar eclipse).