I can't find the answers to these questions anywhere!
Where is Venus now and why do not see it at midnight?
Where is Mars and why is it so bright?
Where can you find Saturn in morning sky? ( around 5:30AM )
2007-01-03 07:18:38 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Venus is the morning or evening "star" because it is closer to the sun than the earth is and therefore will be seen only in the direction of where the sun is. The sun is "closest" to the night sky at sunrise and sunset.
Mars is not that bright. You can recognize it by its reddish hue (not to be confused with Betelgeuse, a bright reddish supergiant star in Orion's shoulders.) It can be anywhere in the night sky because Mars, like the Earth, rotates around the sun, so it is not in one place all year like the stars. You can find Mars high up in the eastern sky this time of year.
You can find Saturn in the western sky towards morning at this time of year.
2007-01-03 07:28:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can look up www.heavens-above.com to check planet positions. I aint gonna do that for you.
As for the other questions.
Venus and Mercury orbit the sun inside the earth's orbit. If you draw that very simply, you will see that looking at either from earth, they are always near the sun in line of sight. So, they set soon after sunset or rise just before sunset, depending on what side of the sun they are on. So, you will never see them at midnight, as they will have either set, or have not yet risen.
Mars is not so bright at the moment, but varies depending on whether it is on our side of the sun or the far side - a difference of several hundred million miles.
Most of the time Mars is not as bright as Venus or Jupiter. Just occasionally, on very close appoaches, it gets as bright as Jupiter, but never anywhere near as bright as Venus.
But it is brighter than all the other planets, simply because it approaches much closer, as it is the next orbit out from Earth. Otherwise, it is quite a small planet and not much of an object unless you want to spend thousands on a big enough telescope.
2007-01-03 16:27:38 · answer #2 · answered by nick s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a look here ( http://www.nightskyinfo.com/ ) This gives some good info on the solar system. As far as Venus at midnight, wont happen. Since Venus is the second planet in the system you will only be able to see it either during sunset or sunrise.
2007-01-03 15:24:11 · answer #3 · answered by dm081970 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to use an astronomical software for solving these questions (except for the answer to "why is Mars so bright", because for this one you have to think a little). I recommend you to use Starry Night or something similar. However, if you don't have any astro soft you can find the maps for this month on http://skytonight.com/ ... or just google for a map, there are a lot on the internet.
2007-01-03 15:23:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can't see venus at midnight because it is closer to the sun than we are & we're facing away from the sun.
go to www.astronomy.com for a sky map
2007-01-03 15:23:59 · answer #5 · answered by Magick Kitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋