In a event that won't be seen again until the year 2040, seven planets will align in the sky at the same time on 28 February - with experts noting that the best time to view the celestial phenomena is

Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury and Saturn will appear in a row on the evening of 28 February, marking the last time for 15 years that all of the planets will be visible at the same time. Planetary parades of four or five planets happen relatively regularly, though alignments of six or seven are remarkably rare.

Mercury joins the night sky to complete a seven-planet alignment just after sunset for the end of February. Saturn leaves our view starting in March. Look up!

A planetary alignment, or a "planet parade" according to the internet, will grace our night sky just after dusk, according to SkyatNightMagazine. We'll see six planets in the first part of February – Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and Saturn – and on Feb. 28, they'll be joined by Mercury.

And it could be even better, because this particular event is an alignment of seven planets. " Planetary alignment is an astronomical term used to describe the event when several planets gather closely on one side of the sun at the same time,