There's four planets visible to the naked eye, PLUS the conjunction of two of them!
You can find Jupiter, white and bright, in the east above Orion and towards the left of him you can see Mars, which is easy to identify due to the red light.
Then towards the west you can see Venus and Saturn. Venus is the brightest one while Saturn is still visible right beside it, forming a conjunction.
It's really cool you guys and I hope everyone has clear sky tonight so they can behold the starry night.
Reminder: the first week of February will feature an alignment of several planets so be on the lookout for that too!
Edit: Here are a couple of pictures I took with my phone. Let me tell you, they don't do it justice. It's very surreal to see with you're own two eyes, but I know everybody doesn't have clear skies and I know a lot of y'all are dealing with snow storms. So, this is what I was able to capture. Although you can see Saturn, it's so faint in comparison with the Morning Star .
You can find Jupiter, white and bright, in the east above Orion and towards the left of him you can see Mars, which is easy to identify due to the red light.
Then towards the west you can see Venus and Saturn. Venus is the brightest one while Saturn is still visible right beside it, forming a conjunction.
It's really cool you guys and I hope everyone has clear sky tonight so they can behold the starry night.
Reminder: the first week of February will feature an alignment of several planets so be on the lookout for that too!
Edit: Here are a couple of pictures I took with my phone. Let me tell you, they don't do it justice. It's very surreal to see with you're own two eyes, but I know everybody doesn't have clear skies and I know a lot of y'all are dealing with snow storms. So, this is what I was able to capture. Although you can see Saturn, it's so faint in comparison with the Morning Star .
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