When we have five or more planets filing into a small sky area, an alignment is upgraded to parade status. Parade is not an official astronomical term and is used fast, loose and with a touch more whimsy than space experts usually allow for.

After dusk on Friday night, seven planets are expected to align in the night sky. But you'll need binoculars or a telescope to see them all.

If you bring a telescope and get away from city lights Friday evening, there’s a chance you’ll see seven planets parading through the sky. Most of the planetary alignment, which is colloquially referred to as a planet parade,