February brings a rare planetary parade, with five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn on Feb. 24.

Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury and Saturn will appear in a row on the evening of 28 February, marking the last time for 15 years that all of the planets will be visible at the same time. Planetary parades of four or five planets happen relatively regularly, though alignments of six or seven are remarkably rare.

February has already proven to be a snowy month for Oregon, making the name of the upcoming full moon quite fitting. Here's when to see it.

And it could be even better, because this particular event is an alignment of seven planets. " Planetary alignment is an astronomical term used to describe the event when several planets gather closely on one side of the sun at the same time,