<\/p>\n Neptune<\/a> will also be present roughly 10 degrees to the right of the thin lunar crescent \u2014 roughly the width of a clenched fist held at arm’s length against the sky \u2014 but will be far too dim to spot with the unaided eye.<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n Mars, Saturn and the moon will all be less than 20 degrees above the horizon at sunrise, so be sure to find a location with a clear view to the east to see them before they’re swallowed in the golden light of dawn.<\/p>\n While the cosmic trio will make for a spectacular naked eye target, we advise against any attempt to view them with a telescope owing to their proximity to the rising sun. Remember, pointing a telescope or binoculars at the sun<\/a> can result in permanent and immediate loss of sight.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Today’s best Celestron NexStar 6SE deals<\/p>\n In the coming nights, Earth’s satellite will disappear from the predawn sky ahead of its new moon<\/a> phase on May 16, while Mars and Saturn subtly drift away from one another among the stars<\/a> of the constellation Pisces<\/a>.<\/p>\n Be sure to read our roundups of the best lenses<\/a> and cameras for astrophotography<\/a> to ensure that you’re ready to capture the next big planetary rendezvous, along with our beginner’s guide to imaging the night sky<\/a>.<\/p>\n Editor’s Note: <\/strong>If you would like to share your astrophotography with Space.com’s readers, then please send your image(s) and comments, along with your name and location to spacephotos@space.com. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Look to the eastern sky in the hour preceding dawn on May 14 to catch a rare sight,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":955174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3844],"tags":[70,413,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-955173","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-space","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116562572629624174","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=955173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/955174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=955173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=955173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=955173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Space\"](\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/media\/img\/spc-logo-w.svg\"){kind=logo}
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