Update on research and what planets are visible

I finished my catalog of galaxy clusters!

How can you tell the difference between a planet and a star? You can use star charts available from http://www.skyviewcafe.com/ to look for the stars that I mention in this video, as well as to get an idea of what directions to look for the planets mentioned.

Planets mentioned: Saturn (evening sky), Jupiter and Neptune (rising around midnight), and Venus and Mars (visible before sunrise)

Stars mentioned: Arcturus, Spica and Regulus (spring stars); Antares, Vega, Deneb, and Altair (summer stars)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• galaxy
• clusters
• Saturn
• Regulus
• Spica
• Arcturus
• Jupiter
• Neptune
• Venus
• Mars
• Vega
• Deneb
• Altair

[TheStarWatchingRock]

@SimpleSencilla This year, that would have been Venus. You won't be able to find it in the morning sky at this point -- it has passed through superior conjunction and will be showing up in the evening sky soon. Keep an eye out after sunset to see how soon you can spot it. No need for the fear-mongering on this one -- it's been known as long as humans have been able to see the sky.

[SimpleSencilla]

I keep hearing stupid stories about a red star in our south-eastern sky being Nibiru, Hercolubus, Tiche... I want to find out what it is once and for all. It is a bright orange/red star that appears before sunrise in Pennsylvania, my husband has recorded it many times, it DOES seem to change shape and glow a lot, I noticed it appeared lower and lower every night, in January it was almost parallel to the sun in the morn, what is it? Do you know?