Amitabh Bachchan is a true space enthusiast and he shared an extremely rare and precious cosmic spectacle of the five planets coming together in the sky. The actor appeared to be highly impressed by the rare parade of the five planets - Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Uranus - and he even shared a video of the same via his official Instagram account.
The video featured all five planets aligned in a straight line and it has amazed his fans. “Sight...! 5 Planets Aligned Together Today... Beautiful And Rare... Hope You Witnessed It too," Big B captioned the video on the social media platform. ALSO READ | Amitabh Bachchan Health UPDATE: Actor Recovers From SERIOUS Rib Injury; Says, ‘Hope To Be Back On The Ramp Soon’
Shortly after being posted, the Instagram video has garnered more than 2.5 million views, 1 lakh likes and numerous reactions in the comment section.
Many shared their reactions in the comments section and thanked BigB for sharing the Astroniomical spectacle. “Rarest of Rare Astronomical Moment," a user wrote. Another user said, “He's making me want to buy a telescope... A total influencer."
“Telescope-mounted camera," a third user commented. “Samsung S23 ultra ka #Ad toh nahi hai na sir? (Sir, is this an ad for Samsung S23)," a fourth user asked.
However, many netizens seemed unhappy with the Bollywood legend for sharing an old clip. A user wrote, “@amitabhbachchan Sir please don't mislead to your audience because millions of people follow you and as you are biggest star of india it's your duty to deliver the right information to your lovable audience this is wrong alignment of planet, it's different alignment today, and jupiter is not visible because very low on horizon, only moon, mars and venus is visible with naked eye , jupiter and mercury is not visible with naked eye or even not possible with telescope because they are very low at horizon”.
Another commented, “Sir @amitabhbachchan with due respect, pls don't mislead with wrong information. Atleast verify the authenticity of the video before posting anything on social media. This video is a month-old video posted in YouTube. Here is the link - https://youtube.com/shorts/gvJ3P1aRXZk?feature=share”.
NASA scientist Bill Cooke previously told CBS News that the planets will be visible on March 28 and the “alignment: will look “very pretty." The five planets were visible along the waxing crescent moon.
The conjunction was seen in several parts of the world as the celestial objects inched closer to each other. The two objects appeared in the same line of sight, alining together, as Venus slowly disappeared behind the dark edge of the Moon. While Venus is one of the brightest objects in the evening sky, the Moon trumped its brightness by nearly 250 times thanks to its closeness to our planet. ALSO READ | Moon-Venus Occultation 2023: WATCH The Special And Extremely Rare Precious Cosmic Spectacle As Brightest Planet Hides Behind Crescent in Rare Celestial Event
Further, Mars also appeared very high in the sky and had a noticeable hue.
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