You can see a 'parade of planets', seven planets in the night sky this Thursday, that is if you have a good telescope.
Neel Roberts, with the Royal Astronomical Society, said you don't need one if you come to Mount Royal University.
"There is a rare seven planets visible at night and the folks at Mount Royal University are getting together with the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada in Calgary and we are going to put on a public display for all those who are interested and who want to come out and have a look at the planets. And it's free and the public's welcome."
The RASC will be sharing their telescopes with the public this Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Soccer Field 2 at Mount Royal University.
"It's at the right time of the evening, it's not like it's 2 o'clock in the morning, so most people, even though it's a working day which is Thursday, they can actually come out and bring the kids out for a couple of hours and it's not too past their bedtime. And it's expected to be zero Celsius and that's not too cool for February."
Parking is also free, and you're asked to use Visitor Parking Lot A.
The planets that will be visible are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
Dr. Stephen Jeans, an astronomy professor will be hosting the night with experts from the RASC including Neel Roberts.
Roberts added that you have a chance to see much more than just the seven planets.
"You can see some deep sky objects for example the constellation of Orion is up, and that's actually a Winter object, and that consists of a star called Betelgeuse, which is known as the Valentine's Star, and that's the next candidate to go Super Nova. If you do a little bit of research on the star called SN 1035, which is in the Crab Nebula, that actually went Super Nova, and you could see it for about 30 days in the sky of clouds, so that freaked a lot of people out."
There will also be light refreshments served, and the sky is expected to be partly cloudy so expectations for viewings are high.