Planet parade

It's a stellar weekend for stargazing in Seattle, with four bright planets lined up in dazzling display and mostly clear skies in the forecast.

Driving the news: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus will be visible after dark throughout January in what NASA calls a "planet parade."

• While planets always follow the same general path in the sky, seeing four or five bright ones together is a rare treat, per NASA.
• Venus and Saturn will be just 2.2 degrees apart — known as a conjunction — tonight and tomorrow, according to EarthSky.
• Uranus and Neptune are also part of the lineup, but require binoculars or a telescope to spot.