What planets will be visible throughout tonight's sky for us folks in the U.S.???

Question

Around what time and where might I see them??? I live in Southern California...Thanks for your answer...Tom Science 4

Answer 1

Mercury, Mars and Jupiter.

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Answer 2

Uranus is definitely seen in binoculars fairly decrease than a diploma decrease than and to the ultimate of Jupiter (interior the Northern Hemisphere), decrease than and to the left interior the Southern Hemisphere. Saturn rises interior the east around a million a.m. and Venus around 4 a.m. Mercury rises interior the east basically in the previous the sunlight. Mars and Neptune are too on the brink of the sunlight to be suggested ultimate now, yet will reappear interior the morning sky in a month or 2.

Answer 3

you might can see venus in the sky just after the sun goes down approximately where the sun went down very low on the horizon .. mars as well as jupiter may be located just on the horizon right before the sun comes up .. however .. these will be located in the southeastern portion of the sky .. jupiter being above mars a little

in addition saturn is located in leo and can be seen practically all night .. it comes up just before 9 p.m. and is almost at the zenith ( the very top of the sky ) around three a.m. ..

good luck .. i hope you can find them ..
if you want help .. go to www.skytonight.com and click on the interactive sky chart .. this is like a normal sky chart but allows you to enter your city ( or even better your exact latitude and longitude ) as well as your time zone and gives you a specific sky chart for your location and date / time ...

it shows planets and nebula in addition to stars, it gives the constellations, has a total sky view and allows you to see what the sky looks like in a general direction and allows you to manipulate both windows ... you can play with the time ticker and actually watch the stars rolls across your sky .. then just go outside and they will be there !!

very useful tool .. especially for planets which are not usually in sky charts since they 'wander' ..

good luck .. hope this helped

Answer 4

If you look to the southwest now, you may see Venus
but you better hurry, as it sets at 5:55pm.

An hour after sunset (at 5:45pm), Neptune and Uranus
may be visible through binoculars, if you can tell them
apart from the stars. They are both in the southwest,
with Neptune at an altitude of 23º, Uranus at 43º.
They will be difficult to see as they are low down in the
sky, and as well, the moon is in first quarter phase, so
may be casting a bit of light about.

Later, at 8:30pm, Saturn will rise ENE and will be
visible all night.

Much, much later, at 4:40am, Jupiter will rise ESE,
followed by Mars at 5:30am, but you won't get much
of a look-in, because they will be low in the sky, and
the sun will rise at 7:00am.

Answer 5

Nothing tonight. If anything, Venus might be visible low in the western sky right after sunset. Venus will be easier to see in the begining to the middle of January in the same spot.

I hope I was helpful.

Answer 6

Saturn is in Leo and will rise around 10:00 PM. It looks like a bright extra star in the constellation. If you don't know what Leo is supposed to look like without Saturn in it you will have trouble identifying Saturn. In that case, use the source.

Answer 7

This is actually a lousy time for planetary astronomy, most of them are on the other side of the sun. Saturn is visible in the am. That's about it. Clear skies.

Answer 8

I think in the city, the street lights obsure our visions of the celestial bodies. Go to places w/ less street lights.

Answer 9

None here it is snowing in Colorado Springs.

Answer 10

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