to align in time for Matariki
Star-gazers searching for the Matariki constellation will be treated to a rare alignment of five planets and the moon.
The alignment of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be visible in the morning sky from Friday, and joined by the Moon on June 21, in time for Matariki or the Māori New Year.
The Matariki constellation will be just below Venus, which will be the brightest planet in the sky.
"It is a total coincidence, but it is very special that this happens to fall on the same day as the first risings of Matariki,” Stardome Observatory astronomer educator Josh Aoraki said.
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