I live around New York, what planets can I see at night time?

Question

What direction do I look to see Venus, Mars, Mercury from my perspective?

Are they visible every night?

How hard are they to see?

What color will they be?


Btw: There is little light polution from where I live.

Around the city of new York!

Answer 1

Planets will take ruffly the same path as the sun.Try looking for points of light that do not flicker.These will be planets as reflected light doesn't flicker when it hits our atmosphere.Venus will rise shortly after the sun sets.It will be the brightest light in the sky other than the moon.If you don't have a very powerful telescope you will still be able to see its phases.After midnight you should be able to see Jupiter and Saturn.The best time to view these two however is around the first of the year when they are the closest...good luck

Answer 2

Hi Tarnisha!

This evening, you can see Venus and Saturn. In the early morning, you can see Jupiter and, with a lot of luck, Mars!

Here's a detailed rundown for this evening, March 29th:

Tonight (Thursday March 29th) the two brightest objects in the sky other than the moon, are planets. Here's a summary:

1) Venus is the brightest object in the evening sky. Watch for it in the west, starting about 15 minutes after sunset. You can't possibly miss it. It sets before 10 p.m. Daylight Saving Time

2) Saturn, high in east as soon as it gets dark. Saturn is less bright than the other planets, but it is still the brightest object in its corner of the eastern sky. High in the EAST, not high in the south, in the evening sky.

(High in the south-west (from the Northern Hemisphere) early in these late-March evenings is Sirius, the brightest true star in the night sky. Sirius will be brighter than Saturn. Venus is many times brighter than Sirius or Saturn, however. You'll see!)

3) Jupiter is only out in the early morning sky right now. Look south, from 2 a.m. until the dawn washes out the stars, and you can't miss it. It's the brightest object in the early morning sky.

4) You probably won't see Mars unless you're in the Southern Hemisphere or the tropics and you know exactly where to look. It comes up low in the southeastern sky about an hour before the sun (in the Northern Hemisphere) and likely will be lost in the dawn. If you wait until Christmas, though, it will replace Venus and Jupiter as the brightest object in the evening sky! (Venus is still brighter, but by then will have moved into the morning sky.)

5. Mercury is the only one of the 5 traditional naked-eye planets that you cannot see tonight. It is too close to the sun and completely lost in the dawn glare.

Answer 3

Try one at a time. Venus is your best bet right now. Look up in the sky after sunset to the west. That real bright one thing you see is Venus. Then try a site like this and look at the sky maps. That will help you find them.

Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars are the easiest to see.

http://skytonight.com/observing/skychart/3308911.html

Answer 4

You can see pluto.
but it's not a planet now so i don't know what you're gonna do.