2006-12-27 11:51:28 · 6 answers · asked by thikingdomcome 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
You can't see Neptune without a telescope. Planets don't twinkle, and the only one vaguely blue that you can see without a telescope would be Venus - but it's very bright, so it shouldn't be twinkling unless it's very low on the horizen. Are you sure you aren't looking at a star?
2006-12-27 12:04:50 · answer #1 · answered by eri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Planets don't twinkle ever. What you're looking at is a star. Planets can be resolved into a disc in a telescope whereas stars cannot. They're simply too far away. Venus is bright white, Mars is reddish orange, Jupiter is a pale orange and Saturn is yellow. Neptune would appear bluish but again it wouldn't twinkle.
2006-12-27 21:27:40 · answer #2 · answered by kevpet2005 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it's Earth, the Blue Planet, and you must be watching from somewhere else such as Mars. There are no naked-eye blue planets visible from Earth. Uranus and Neptune are blue, but they are much fainter and require optical aid to see.
If a point of light appears to be blue in the sky, it is probably a star. If it is as bright as a planet, then, especially at this time of the year, it is probably Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, which is white with a bluish tinge.
2006-12-27 20:05:46 · answer #3 · answered by alnitaka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to tell us where in the sky the object is and about what time of night. Just saying that it's blue and twinkles isn't enough info to give you a correct answer.
2006-12-27 20:42:23 · answer #4 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Neptune.
2006-12-27 20:02:02 · answer #5 · answered by Dana Mulder 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I think its Neptune. Check on NASA's website or even better Google it.
2006-12-27 19:55:08 · answer #6 · answered by chevy_flames 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋