Do you see Jupiter in the night sky?

[Vivaldi]

It is very bright at night.

[FunkyMonkee]

Sometimes but I never know where it is unless someone points it out. Last summer, I saw it nearly every night because I knew where it was!

[Vivaldi]

Download an app. It is so bright. You wouldn't mistake Jupiter with anything except for Venus.

[Vivaldi]

I had thought it was Venus because it is too bright. My space app on my phone showed that what I was seeing was Jupiter instead. Lol.

[Vivaldi]

Current brightness is -2.61 for Jupiter and -3.83 for Venus.

Venus rises during the daytime only for a long time. Jupiter is seen at night.

[FunkyMonkee]

I know that at least 5 of the planets were all lined up in the morning sky with the moon about 3 week ago but, of course, we're not allowed to see celestial events here!! it's always cloudy as fuck during those events!! I DID manage to see at least 3 of the planets.
How do I know which is which? They'd all look like stars, to me.

[Vivaldi]

They dont look like stars.

Venus and Jupiter are way too bright.

[Vivaldi]

There is no star looking like them

[FunkyMonkee]

I think I saw one just before dawn.
When I saw them last summer, they looked exactly like stars except that Saturn looked a tad orange.

[Vivaldi]

Venus and Jupiter are far too bright to look like a star.

[Vivaldi]

Saturn isn't bright.

[Vivaldi]

If you are mistaken something as bright as Venus and Jupiter with a star, then you dont know what you are talking about.

[FunkyMonkee]

Bright enough for me to see it last summer. I could sit right here and look out the window in front of me and see it and Jupiter.

[Vivaldi]

If you mistaken something as bright as Venus and Jupiter for a star, then you dont know what you are talking about

[Vivaldi]

You know Jupiter is brighter than all stars, right?

[FunkyMonkee]

No, but if you hum a few bars I can fake it.

[Vivaldi]

That is where your problem lies.

Venus and Jupiter are most bright things after the Moon when they can be seen at night.

[Vivaldi]

These days, only Jupiter can be seen after midnight.

[FunkyMonkee]

Well, if they were all just lined up a few weeks ago, they should all still be seen at night. I doubt any of them are going so fast that a couple weeks would take them completely out of vision.

[Vivaldi]

They didn't line up a few weeks ago.

Venus and Mercury rises up in morning.

[Vivaldi]

Besides, seeing planets in early morning isn't same as seeing them at night. Sun takes away brightness.

[Vivaldi]

Mercury rises 48 minutes after Sun

Venus rises 1 hour and 50 minutes before Sun

[FunkyMonkee]

They certainly did, I saw part of it.
Yeah, it was about 5:00 a. m. that I saw them.
I know but, it's the only time you were able to see them. I had no control over that.
See? That's what I just said. They come up first thing in the morning. How am I supposed to see Mercury if it comes up AFTER the Sun?

[Vivaldi]

That's rise time the app on phone shows at the moment.