If You Can't See Venus -- It's Cloudy
I was driving home about an hour ago and I saw a bright star in the western sky. There is one problem with that...we can't see stars in Alexandria, there is too much light pollution. This is weird to adjust to, but once you are used to a blank sky (except for the moon), it's really weird to actually see something.
Anyway, tonight I saw an incredibly bright object, and it turns out it's Venus! Venus is much brighter than anything else in the night sky (except the moon) by a wide margin. As Space.com's NightSky report for February said:
If you go out as it gets dark and look to the west any early evening this month, and do not see Venus -- it's cloudy!So grab your telescope and check it out! Saturn is also visible in the night sky but I haven't been able to pick it out yet...if I can, with all of the light pollution.
2 comments:
We did end up seeing Saturn after Kal posted this. It was pretty shweet.
Indeed. Ironically, since we can't see any stars I think it makes it much easier to pick out the planets. Venus is so bright it would probably sick out anyway, but Saturn would be tougher to spot because it would only appear a little brighter than the "nearby" stars in the night sky.
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