Whether anyone of you noticed the west side of the sky in the evening after sunset. There is a bright star. I was wondering what it might be? Searched the net and found it is Venus.
Hi Vimala, Thanks for this info, actually I am thinking to buy a telescope from long time but never getting realised. Should think seriously now :). -Saurabh
The brightest star which we see in the sky is Venus and the next brightest star you can see is Jupiter. The way to find the difference between star and planets is, that the stars twinkle where as planets do not.
>>Install them on your laptop, goto mottai-madi and have fun. Thats the problem right...where in city or any other big town/city,do you get a clear dark sky to view the stars. I remember, spending time in the terrace just watching the stars during my school days. But for the past 15 or so years, could never get to see anything on the sky. LIGHT POLLUTION. No chance of getting a clear dark sky unless we goto a remote jungle or the power goes of for a long time (even power goes off, these days we have back up power, so going to a jungle is the only option :( ).
Actually, if you have the patience, and you go up in the middle a dark night, you can see at least the planets and the zodiac, and some of the other constellations like Orion and Sirius.
I've taken some OK photographs that way, though I haven't put them up.
Shash, My point is, 'dark night'...where can you find that in chennai? Maybe if we go to, say mahabs and beyond, in a remote place, we can see a dark sky. As I said, I remember seeing the constellations during my college days too..but not anymore.The reflection from the city lights light up the sky too..
Puzzle! Puzzle! Venus and Mercury are planets, but Venus is called as Morning star or evening star! Rahu and Kethu are nodal points, but are called 'grahas'! The nearest star is the sun and the second more than 4 light years away!