A rare sight to get up bright and early for
In a celestial spectacle that hasn't occurred in 10 years, five planets have aligned diagonally in the sky.
The good news is we can see them with our naked eye.
Senior technician at the Wits Planetarium, Jonathan Padavatan says the planets - Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter - moved into place in the early hours of this morning.
He says they will be visible from Earth without a telescope every morning until mid-February.
"This time of the year, you've got all five planets lining up in the southeastern skies. So, if you're up early morning at about four o'clock and four-thirty, you'll see these bright-looking stars that are quite flat in their light - they are not twinkling like normal stars out there that you would normally see. It's a very pretty sight," he said.
The last time these planets aligned was in January 2005.
There will probably another similar occurrence in October this year however, Mercury and Venus might not be easy to spot then.
(Photo: NASA)