What's that planet in the evening sky?

There's currently a very bright planet in the evening sky - here in
Switzerland it sets at about midnight now (new time). Too late for Venus.
Jupiter?

"News.Individual.DE" wrote in
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There's currently a very bright planet in the evening sky - here in
Switzerland it sets at about midnight now (new time). Too late for
Venus. Jupiter?




Midnight is too early for Jupiter to be setting at present. Saturn maybe
but it's not particularly bright. Perhaps you are looking at the star
Sirius, although it's a little South of the ecliptic.

LK.

CeeBee wrote in
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Llanzlan Klazmon The 15th wrote in
alt.astronomy:


Midnight is too early for Jupiter to be setting at present. Saturn
maybe but it's not particularly bright. Perhaps you are looking at
the star Sirius, although it's a little South of the ecliptic.

On the contrary. Around midnight Jupiter is high in the south sky,
about 45 degrees above the horizon.

In what way is that contrary to what I posted?

In fact transit today (29th of March over
here) is at 00:01h MET (DST) and with magnitude -2.5 far more bright
than Sirius, which at midnight is setting and now skimming the
horizon.


Which is what I said in different words.

LK.

"News.Individual.DE" wrote in message ...
There's currently a very bright planet in the evening sky - here in
Switzerland it sets at about midnight now (new time). Too late for Venus.
Jupiter?

At Geneva's latitude and position within its timezone, Venus sets at
11:41 PM according to my planetarium software. Venus is far to the
north right now (nearly where the sun would be at summer solstice) so
if you're 46 degrees north it spends nearly 16 hours above the
horizon.

"News.Individual.DE" wrote in message
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There's currently a very bright planet in the evening sky - here in
Switzerland it sets at about midnight now (new time). Too late for Venus.
Jupiter?

Look tomorrow night right after sunset for all 5 naked eye planets in the
sky at the same time... after that you'll have to wait until 2016.

"News.Individual.DE" wrote in message...
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There's currently a very bright planet in the evening sky - here in
Switzerland it sets at about midnight now (new time). Too late for Venus.
Jupiter?

'Lo Stephen --

According to Starry Night, Jupiter is still about 35 degrees up from the
horizon at midnight in your neck of the woods. The planet Saturn, at a
magnitude of 0.05, is setting right about midnight, though. If you look at
it with a telescope, it may look something like this...

http://manta.uvi.edu/SandM/Physics/E...11-8saturn.jpg

I *think* this is a recent picture. Corrections welcome.

happy days and...
starry starry nights!

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