what is that bright star in the nightsky?

Answer 1

Depends on where and when.

Venus in the West after sunset or the East before sunrise.

Jupiter all night long in parts of the year.

These are planets.

Sirus and Vega in the summer. They are true stars.

What color? If white-blue in the West and East but never overhead it's Venus, a planet.

If white/yellow and East or West or Overhead it's Jupiter a planet.

If White/blue White in the summer it's Vega.

The north star is very dim, almost can't be seen except in the sticks.

If it's RED it's either Mars or Arcturas or Betelguese.

If it's RED and winter and in the South it's Beteguese.

If it's red and summer and overhead it's Arcturus.

Describe it in color and it's location and time of year.

Answer 2

Well chances are its not a star at all does it look like it is twinkling? If not then guess what its a planet...I don't know your location but from where I am I can see Mars alot and if not that it's probably Jupiter. Try looking up maps of constellations for the time of year (summer where I'm at) and you should be able to find that bright star somewhere on the map. If your really interested go out and get a telescope any moderate one should answer your question further...did you know that Polarius (the north star) is now not the brightest star in the sky? Also that some of the stars that we see aren't even out there anymore we are still able to see the light from them because they are millions of light years away and it hasn't reached us yet. Just some interesting facts...well that is if you didn't already know that.

Answer 3

If you mean the brightest star high in the sky early in the night right now, that is Jupiter. It has been there a few weeks and will be for a few more, slowly drifting west a little more each night, until it is lost in the glare of the sunset low in the west. The planets are always moving to different parts of the sky like that, and are usually bright, but most people just don't notice or care.

Answer 4

If memory serves me....
1. The Sun
2. The Moon
3. Venus (as a morning or evening "star", close to Sun)
4. Jupiter (about 1/3 as big as the Sun).
5. Sirius? (and about 50 other bright stars...)

Venus and Jupiter have "phases" like our moon, changing from thin slivers of light to full illumination...

At the end of "Walden", Thoreau said "The Sun is but a Morning Star." (If you can imagine...!)

Answer 5

If you mean the bright "star" that was east of the Moon last night (and will be close to the Moon tonight), that's the planet Jupiter. With good binoculars or a small telescope you can see the four Galilean moons of Jupiter around the planet. Their positions will change from night to night.

Answer 6

Which one? Jupiter was pretty bright recently. And that is NOT a star. Sirius is the brightest. Polaris is dim. Don't know why people think the North Star aka Polaris is the brightest. It isn't.

Answer 7

Ha ha. Polaris is pretty dim.

The brightest star is Sirius.

Venus and Jupiter are brighter than Sirius, but are planets.

There is an asteroid near the earth, but I'm not sure if it's bright at all.

Answer 8

Polaris, the North Star

Answer 9

Probably Venus. It is the brightest object in the night sky other than the Moon and is often mistaken for a bright star, super nova, UFO.....

Answer 10

if it is out before any of the others, its probably venus

i think it is referred to as the star of the morning in winter time and star of the evening in summertime because it is the first and brightest object... in the northern hemisphere.