I thought you could only see Venus, that is the closest planet too us, which is the brightest start in the sky. = venus </p> </p>
RE: ye venus... ...sure that's the only one you can see with the naked eye... ...i'm struggling with this space station tho - when u say look south i'm positioning myself so I'm looking south using the nearby M1 as a reference which is almost 90 degrees from my sattelite dish which i know points east but i don't know what i'm looking at, i can see plenty of bright lights, some which seem to be flickering? Sayin that the M1 kinks a bit to avoid being built over the top of sheffield so i'm probably not looking south at all. help, i don't normally give a toss about this stuff but now i'm intrigued?!?!
The prominent planet in the sky at the moment is Jupiter. Venus sets very early evening and the rest are not visible until early morning, if at all. Jupiters 4 Gallelaen moons are particularly bright though one, Io I think, may be behind the planet. If you've got a smallish telescope the Ring Nebula - up around Vega, the bright star almost overhead is well worth a look. The white dwarf in the centre of the ring will need a powerful scope to see it though.
venus was the one you could see earlier in the year looking west, from late august I think it's visible only at sunrise in the east
a couple of months ago you could see venus, mercury, saturn and jupiter all at once then it got cloudy so i aint had a look for a white. I think jupiter is there at night and mars and venus about 1.5 hours before sunrise. saturn is my fave to look at through a telescope - you can see all the rings etc...
but could you see the rings around Uranus... ... I'm sorry , I'm just suprised it hasn't been posted earlier.
Depending on the positions of the planets The furthest planet you can see with the naked eye is Saturn. You'll need a telescope to see the ring system though.
They don't come cheap You might find this link useful for starters & then do a bit of digging around on t'net. http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/myspace/nightsky/telescopes.shtml
MIght be worth making a note of the recommendations made Regarding the different types of telescope & having a look at sites selling them on the net. You might find something cheaper than quoted there. Wouldn't swear to it though.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140142422383 seems like one mentioned in Patrick Moore's page thats roughly supposed to be £595 - this is much better value!