If stargazing is something well known to everyone, many do not know that five planets of the Solar System are visible to the naked eye. Let's not expect to see them enlarged, given the enormous distances that separate us, the planets appear as bright stars. As the planets move around the Sun, from the Earth we see them change their position with respect to the stars that in ancient times were called "fixed stars".
In these days, just before the sunrise (from 5:30 to 6:15), looking eastwards, Saturn, Mars, Jupiter and Venus can be observed. On Saturday 30 April and Sunday 1 May, Venus and Jupiter will be so close to each other that they almost appear as a single star.
This spectacular event, called conjunction, does not happen frequently and trusting in good weather, it is worth observing and photographing it, perhaps with one of the incredible Sardinian landscapes. In the evening, however, after sunset until about 21:30, Mercury will be visible towards the north-west, the weakest of the planets and therefore the most difficult to observe.
