can we see mars planet by our naked eye?

Answer 1

Yes, but not tonight.

Mars is not out in the night sky now. It is moving through the part of its orbit that takes it behind the sun, so we cannot see it from earth this month.

When Mars comes out from behind the sun, at the end of December, you'll be able to see it in the morning sky, an hour or two before sunrise. It's bright enough to see easily, but it would help if you used a star map (such as "The Stars -- A New Way to See Them" by H.A. Rey) so you'll know which is the planet.

When Mars reaches its brightest, you'll have no trouble picking it out. From November 2007 through January 2008, it's the brightest object in the night sky except for the moon, twice as brilliant as even the brightest star.

Two other planets are also brighter than any star. You'll see Jupiter in the evening skies this summer (June through September 2007), once again brighter than anything but the moon.

The brightest one of all is Venus, and when Venus is out you cannot confuse it with anything else. You'll find it coming into the evening sky about an hour after sundown in January. It is several times brighter than even Jupiter and Mars at their best. Starting in January, just look west. Just look west!

By the way, in an unusual coincidence, right now (late October 2006) not a single planet is visible in the evening skies. (You could see Saturn in the wee hours of the morning, though, with the help of star maps.)

One more thing: you never need a telescope or binoculars to see these planets. They're always bright. At its dimmest Mars (and also Saturn) fades to the brilliance of some of the brighter stars. In fact, if you've ever looked at the night sky (but not during October and November 2006), you have already seen bright planets. It's just that you didn't know it was a planet!

Answer 2

Yes, you can see it. Every two years it gets real close and you can see the polar ice caps with a telescope, but even with the bear eye, it is very noticible when it is close to the Earth. In 2003, it was the closest in 60,000 years. The reason is Mars orbit is ellipse, not a circle. Same with Earth, except Mars is more elliptical.

A few stars are red like Mars, such as Antares, Betelgeuse, Aldebaran, and Arcturus. Don't confuse these with Mars! With a telescope or binoculars it's easy to tell, since Mars gets bigger, and the stars will stay point (dot) size. Otherwise use a star chart. All planets will "wonder" against the stars, and usually follow a path.

Go here:
http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/

"Approximately every 780 days opposition occurs, which is when Mars is nearest to Earth. This minimum distance varies between about 55 and 100 million km due to the planets' elliptical orbits.[49] The next Mars opposition will occur on December 24, 2007.

On August 27, 2003, at 9:51:13 UT, Mars made its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years: 55,758,006 km (approximately 35 million miles) without Light-time correction. This occurred when Mars was one day from opposition and about three days from its perihelion, making Mars particularly easy to see from Earth. The last time it came so close is estimated to have been on September 12, 57,617 BC. Detailed analysis of the solar system's gravitational landscape forecasts an even closer approach in 2287. However, this record approach was only very slightly closer than other recent close approaches. For instance, the minimum distance on August 22, 1924 was 0.37284 AU, compared to 0.37271 AU on August 27, 2003, and the minimum distance on August 24, 2208 will be 0.37278 AU.[50]"

"Antares' name derives from the Greek ανταρης, meaning "(holds) against Ares (Mars)", due to the similarity of its reddish hue to the appearance of the planet Mars."

Answer 3

With naked eye you would see Mars as a red dot. But with telescope you can see the surface of the Red Planet

Answer 4

Yes, it's pale orange. it looks like a star except it doesn't twinkle as much. You can also see Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and rarely, Mercury. If you know where and when to look for them.

They move around in the constellations of the zodiac.

Answer 5

Yes, but it looks like a bright reddish star in the sky that doesn't twinkle as much a real star.

Answer 6

Sometimes, at night, when it is in the night sky, if you are looking at it and you're not blind.... and all that. How did you think that we knew it was there in the first place.. kharma? Download Home Planet. Great free program.

Answer 7

Yes. By standing on Mars.

Answer 8

of course ,we can ALSO see mars with our naked eye [or with spectacles ,if u have any eye disorder]
it will be seen as a red blinking spot in the endless black sky
try look for it tonight

Answer 9

yes you can. also other planets but not all. They look like stars.
When looking through a binocular you will see that thety are little disks instead of points(wich are stars)

Answer 10

Yeap. Depending were you live. Once you id it, its easy to keep track of it... look for a redish star.