The map also shows the phases of the moon and all solar and lunar eclipses.
Bright light in sky last night.
If you notice just one object in the sky after sunset it might be very bright jupiter.
At maximum brightness jupiter is four times and venus 19 times as brilliant as sirius the next brightest star after the sun.
This world reached its brightest in the night sky on august 13th.
Mira can brighten to second magnitude making it easy to see with the unaided eye but regularly fades to as faint as tenth magnitude when a small telescope is needed to see it.
But do not worry the planet will remain very bright and beautiful as a morning star the rest of this year.
If you were one of many puzzled by the dazzling light show last night here s what you saw and when you can them again.
What was that weird blue glow in the sky.
A clear night sky offers an ever changing display of fascinating objects to see stars constellations and bright planets often the moon and sometimes special events like meteor showers.
Beta the interactive night sky map simulates the sky above new york on a date of your choice.
Once every 17 years mars can be as bright as jupiter the last time was in 2003.
You can t miss these two.
Naturally there was some.
Finally there is venus which is the brightest planet.
At that time the planet in question is as close as it gets just 0 4 au so bigger and because it s 100 illuminated from our point of view it s as bright as it can be in our night sky.
Jupiter and venus can both be strikingly bright.
Advertisment last night a mysterious light lit up the skies over california leaving people as far east as louisiana perplexed.
If you ve looked up at the night sky recently you might have been surprised to see a train of bright lights moving.
This planet outshines all the stars plus it s near another bright planet saturn.
Star gazers were being treated to a stunning display by starlink elon.