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Last parade of planets until 2040 set for this month

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Last parade of planets until 2040 to appear in the night sky this month ... here's how to see it.

Mars , Jupiter , Uranus , Venus , Neptune , Mercury and Saturn will form a line shortly after sunset.

Astronomers said most planets will be brighter than nearby stars, making them visible to the naked eye.

But Uranus and Neptune should require binoculars or a telescope to see due to their distance from Earth .

Mercury will join the parade of all seven non-Earth planets in our solar system on February 28 .

This won't happen again for another 15 years .

The planets swing about on different orbits in three dimensional space, so they will never be perfectly aligned.

But being able to see multiple planets lined up across the night sky is an unusual treat.

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