Last night I noticed a star right next to the moon and it was really bright, is it a star or a planet?
2007-05-20 02:07:12 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It is probably the planet Venus, the 3rd brightest object in the sky behind the Sun and Moon.
2007-05-20 02:12:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Planet Venus
2007-05-20 09:11:22 · answer #2 · answered by Tubby 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it was the brightest thing in the sky (after the Moon) it will have been Venus. Venus varies in magnitude from - 3.8 to - 4.6 and it is therefore ALWAYS brighter than the brightest star, Sirius which is - 1.46
The only things that ever outshine Venus are supernovas (like the one in 1054 AD whose remnant became the Crab Nebula) and comets (Comet McNaught reached - 6 at peak in January 2007). But both of these are temporary phenomena and achieve their peak brightness for a matter of a few weeks at most.
2007-05-20 09:12:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A star, No planet is next to the moon.
2007-05-20 09:15:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Definitely the planet venus.
2007-05-20 09:18:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If it is steady, it should be a planet, not a star. The light from stars keep flickering because of atmospheric thermal currents.
2007-05-20 09:11:49 · answer #6 · answered by Swamy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First of all,you only said it as a star.
2007-05-20 09:17:53 · answer #7 · answered by sciencelikhita 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
venus can only be seen at dusk and dawn--in the daytime, the sun is just too bright to see it, and at nighttime, the earth's dark side is faced away from venus.
2007-05-20 11:00:04 · answer #8 · answered by Alan N 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
venus
try this :
http://www.astronomes.com/planetarium/frenchplanetarium.html
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2007-05-20 09:16:37 · answer #9 · answered by gjmb1960 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋