Which planets are visible without a telescope?

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When are they visible? Can someone flourish the details? I would love to see them..

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Answer 1

Obviously Earth, then, without using binoculars, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn can be found easily at various times of the year. Uranus can be seen with the naked eye, but you will need a good finder chart. Neptune can be seen with binoculars, but unless you can steady the binoculars by mounting them on a tripod, it would probably be frustrating, so most people just use a telescope. For my viewing area, currently, in the evening, Mars is easily visible in the East, Uranus and Neptune are visible in the West, Saturn rises around midnight, Venus rises around 6 am. Here is an easy website from Astronomy magazine that you can use to find the planets and stars and it will give you a map also. Use the java applet in the top right of the screen and put in your zip code or click on Star Dome and put in your zip code:

http://www.astronomy.com

There are lots of other programs out there also, a quick search on the web will find them for you. I personally like Stellarium http://www.stellarium.org

Have fun!

Answer 2

There are 5 planets visible without a telescope, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn (6 if you include Uranus for those with sharp eyes!). All of them move within 7 degrees of the ecliptic. This tells you something about of the orientation of the planet orbit planes with respect to the ecliptic---the figure below shows how flat the solar system is when viewed along the ecliptic plane. The planet positions, of course, do change as they orbit the Sun, but the orbit orientations remain the same.

Answer 3

As nobody has answered your question properly so far - I'll have a go.

Most are correct that you can see five planets with the naked eye. These are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

Venus is very easy to see as the "Morning Star" or the "Evening Star". Mars is often easy to see and so is Jupiter, as long as you know where to look. Mercury and Saturn can be quite difficult to spot - Mercury especially tends to be visible only very low down to the horizon, which can be a problem for a lot of people.

Anyway - the key to all this is knowing where to look, and nobody has told you how to do that yet.

It all depends on where you live, of course. I have attached a link to a "planet locator". If you load in the details for where you live, it will show where to look for the planets.

Good luck - and happy hunting.

Answer 4

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Which planets are visible without a telescope?
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Answer 5

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Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Mercury and Venus are never very far from the Sun in our sky, so you will never see either of them more than a couple of hours before sunrise of after sunset, but they are indeed visible to the naked eye. If you have very, very dark skies, and excellent eyesight, Uranus can be included in this camp as well. Uranus will be near opposition next month (I think?) so that would be the best time this year to try to test out your eyesight. Of course, it'll appear as one of many magnitude 5.7 stars in a region in Pisces, probably indistinguishable from anything else with the naked eye.

Answer 6

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are all easily visible without a telescope. Uranus can just barely be seen with the naked eye, and Neptune requires a telescope.

Because the planets are constantly in motion around the Sun, it's hard to tell you exactly where to find them. I also don't know where you're located, so I'll describe them for my location, mid-northern latitude. The ones visible currently are:

Mars: in the east at sunset, overhead at midnight, in the west at dawn. Brighter than any star, orange red in colour.

Venus: in the southeast before sunrise: the brightest thing in the sky other than the Sun and Moon. White in colour.

Saturn: rises in the east around midnight, in Leo, just below the bright star Regulus, slightly brighter than Regulus. Yellowish.

Jupiter and Mercury: too close to Sun.

Answer 7

Impossible to see Uranus with naked eye. That's why William Herschel had to use a telescope to discover Uranus.

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Answer 8

These are the 5 "classical" planets, known since pre-historic times: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.

Answer 9

Look down. That's Earth.
Sometimes just before sunrise and at other times just ater sunset you can see Mercury and/or Venus. Mercury is usually pretty faint, but venus is usually very bright.

During the night you can often see Jupiter which is usually very bright. Less bright but often visible naked eye are Mars and Saturn.

Uranus, Neptune and Pluto all require a telescope/binoculars.

Answer 10

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