In a few minutes I will leave work. Looking up I will see Mars fading from its summer brilliance. To my left Venus will be bright enough to be mistaken for a landing aircraft. Mercury might be visible on the horizon (but I doubt it). By the time I get home, Saturn will be rising in the east, followed after midnight by Jupiter. With a small telescope Neptune and Uranus could be found. Only Pluto will not be visible. I wonder how many people know that they could see five of the planets before bedtime – Mars, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and you are standing on number five.

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