(September 11, 2012 at 6:00 pm)Napoléon Wrote: When out night fishing on a clear night there is always this one star that outshines the others. Perhaps this is Mars?
Could be, depends on the date/time and what part of the sky it was in.
If it was REALLY bright compared to the others, it could be Venus. In middle northern latitudes, visible planets are always going to be somewhere in a band stretching from east to west, with the highest point in the southern sky.
Next time you're out, make a note of the time and rough location in the sky (compass direction and altitude). If you know what constellation it's in, that helps too. With that information, it's pretty easy to figure out what it was. Or, if you know you're going out, there's charts you can get online that will show you were things are going to be.
