Stargazers should look up to the sky this weekend for a chance to see five planets in our solar system align.

Mercury, Uranus, Jupiter, Neptune and Saturn will line up at dawn on Saturday, June 17, with some visible to the naked eye.

While Jupiter and Saturn will be easy to spot, Neptune and Uranus may require binoculars and Mercury will be visible for a short time.

Norwich Evening News: Keen astronomers show out in force at Kelling Heath Holiday Park to turn their telescopes to the night sky (Image: Newsquest)Keen astronomers show out in force at Kelling Heath Holiday Park to turn their telescopes to the night sky (Image: Newsquest) (Image: Newsquest)

Norfolk offers some of the best locations to go planet spotting, with sites including Kelling Heath Holiday Park and RSPB Titchwell Marsh being awarded 'Dark sky discovery' status, making them among the best sites in the county to see the alignment. 

Don Pollacco, a professor at the University of Warwick's Department of Physics, said: "Jupiter and Saturn will be bright objects that have a yellowy colour, Mercury often looks pink, and Uranus and Neptune pale white-green."

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Alignments occur when the planets in the solar system are all roughly positioned in the same direction when viewed from Earth.

Saturn will be the first to rise, followed by Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus and Mercury.