What Planets Are Visible By the Naked Eye? The first step to identifying planets is to know which planets are possible to see without a telescope. Mercury, VenusAstronomy. Morning star, most commonly used as a name for the planet Venus when it appears in the east before sunrise.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Morning_Starnight skyThe night sky is the nighttime appearance of celestial objects like stars, planets, and the Moon, which are visible in a clear sky between sunset and sunrise, when the Sun is below the horizon.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Night_sky
Visible planets (evening)
Jupiter is easy to spot, brighter than all the stars. It's in the southwest sky after sunset. It sets after 11 p.m. local time in early January and is gone after 9:30 p.m. at month's end. Mars is high in the evening sky and is visible until a few hours before dawn.
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun, and the second largest, after Jupiter. It is one of the five planets visible from Earth using only the naked-eye (the others are Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter).
In classical antiquity, the seven classical planets or seven luminaries are the seven moving astronomical objects in the sky visible to the naked eye: the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are the five brightest planets in our night sky and, therefore, observable by most people.
The five so-called naked-eye planets — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn — are having a rare solar system reunion right now.
Planet Uranus is just about visible in the night sky with the naked eye.
As an evening star, Mercury appears in the western sky, setting about an hour after the sun. As a morning star, it appears in the eastern sky, rising about an hour before the sun. There must be a clear, unobstructed horizon on these occasions. Mercury usually appears as a bright "star" with a yellow tinge.
Unlike Jupiter and its four large Galilean moons, the rings of Saturn are only visible in a telescope. Any small telescope will do for a peek, though about 150mm/6-inch is recommended for a good view.
The planets are visible from across Australia for an hour or so after local sunset. Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Saturn are bright enough to be seen during twilight when the rays of the setting sun still brighten the sky.
It's an exciting time for novice and experienced astronomers as Jupiter is the closest it's been to Earth since 1963. South-East Queensland residents have been able to see the planet from different locations across Brisbane, with many taking photos of the spectacular sight.
Venus is dazzling, so it is easy to see why it's known as the "evening star". Just look towards the north-west horizon after sunset and you can't miss it. Mars, on the other hand, is looking fairly faint.
Jupiter is currently in the constellation of Pisces.
Venus orbits the Sun faster than the Earth so it will either appear in the sky in the West in the evening or rise before the Sun in the East. To pinpoint the location of Venus you can use some form of planetarium software like Starry Nights or you can do it the old fashioned way and train your telescope yourself.
Tonight, Mars is to the lower left of the Moon at nightfall, with Aldebaran farther below the Moon.
Every so often, Mars can be easily seen with the naked eye. When it's close to Earth, the planet shines with a bright reddish glow, which has led it to being named after the Roman god of war (Ares for the Greeks, Mars for the Romans).
Venus can often be seen within a few hours after sunset or before sunrise as the brightest object in the sky (other than the moon). It looks like a very bright star. Venus is the brightest planet in the Solar System.
Advertisement. Planet or not, Pluto is small, only 1188 kilometres in radius, and extremely far away. Its distance from Earth varies, but currently it is around 5 billion kilometres from us, roughly 34 times our distance from the sun. This means it is impossible to see with the naked eye, or even with binoculars.
Like a giant eye for the giant planet, Saturn's great vortex at its north pole appears to stare back at Cassini as Cassini stares at it. Measurements have sized the "eye" at a staggering 1,240 miles (2,000 kilometers) across with cloud speeds as fast as 330 miles per hour (150 meters per second).
NASA says the best bet for viewing Jupiter in its best form is to find a high-elevation spot in a dry and dark area. They recommend a good set of binoculars, but those wanting even better views should consider a telescope set up on a stand.
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are all currently visible simultaneously with the naked eye. The two outermost planets, Uranus and Neptune, can meanwhile be observed with binoculars or a telescope.
HomeBlogWhat Planets Can You See With The Naked Eye? The five brightest planets are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. So long as you know when and where to look you can spot all five of these spectacular planets, just as people have enjoyed doing since ancient times.