What planets appear particularly bright right now in Florida?

Answer 1

Venus is always brighter than the brightest stars, with its apparent magnitude ranging from −3.8 to −4.6. This is bright enough to be seen even in the middle of the day, and the planet can be easy to see when the Sun is low on the horizon. As an inferior planet, it always lies within about 47° of the Sun.

Jupiter is usually the fourth brightest object in the sky (after the Sun, the Moon and Venus); however at times Mars appears brighter than Jupiter. Depending on Jupiter's position with respect to the Earth, it can vary in visual magnitude from as high as -2.9 at opposition down to -1.6 during conjunction with the Sun

To a naked-eye observer, Mars varies in brightness more than any other planet, as seen from Earth, over the course of its orbit. When farthest away from the Earth, it is more than seven times as far from the latter as when it is closest.

The point of Mars' closest approach to the Earth is known as opposition. These occur at 26 month intervals. The next Mars opposition will occur on December 24, 2007. So we are 9 months away from optimum viewing of Mars.

Brighter than Venus back in January at its peak was Comet McNaught, formally designated C/2006 P1, discovered by Robert H. McNaught on 7 August 2006,

This remains visible with binoculars to Southern Hemisphere observers shortly after sunset and shortly before sunrise in the constellation Tucana.

With an estimated peak magnitude of -6.0, the comet was the second brightest since 1935. Around perihelion on January 12, it was visible in broad daylight. Its tail measured an estimated 35 degrees in length at its peak. Far more impressive than expected, it has been dubbed the Great Comet of 2007.

Answer 2

Venus is the really bright star in the west at sunset this month. Saturn is a star of medium brightness on the west edge of Leo, almost overhead at sunset this month.

Answer 3

extreme albedo, a extreme share of incident sunlight being contemplated lower back to us, distance between sunlight and planet, and distance between Earth, satellite tv for pc or probe, as nicely by way of fact the size of the planet, are all factors that make contributions to the brightness of a planet. Uranus is slightly seen bare eye for human beings with reliable imaginative and prescient, generally by way of fact of this is distance from sunlight: Neptune calls for a telescope to work out, because it incredibly is even further from the sunlight. Mercury Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are all closer to the sunlight and are honestly seen and bright to the bare eye, reckoning on the places and positions of the Earth, sunlight and particular planet on a particular date.

Answer 4

Venus is bright at dusk, next is Jupiter at or right before dawn, Saturn is overhead at dusk

Answer 5

Venus is below and a little to the left of the moon.

Answer 6

You can't see many planets, the easier one to see is Venus.

Answer 7

I don't know, but I also see something bright in the sky in my backyard here in Florida!?