Planets

[D Cox]

I suppose the bigger one is Jupiter.

Don

 

[SigmaChrome]

Nice one, Don.

 

[SandyF]

I installed a free astronomy skies program on my cellphone which I find very useful for identifying planets. Point the phone like a compass and it shows you what's above the horizon line. I highly recommend it. I'll add the name later when I have my phone at hand.

We have a chance of seeing the aurora borealis this Thursday supposedly even in the Washington DC/VA/MD area. I'm hoping. I experienced it only once, in Syracuse NY, in late spring 1967.

PS added: App is called Skyview

 

[D Cox]

The red object to the lower right of the Moon seems to be Aldebaran, a red giant star, The planet is Venus.

I'm very ignorant about practical astronomy.

Don

 

[xpatUSA]

The red object to the lower right of the Moon seems to be Aldebaran, a red giant star, The planet is Venus.

I'm very ignorant about practical astronomy.

Don

I'm sure you know that the size for planets is measured in degrees:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/07/30/which-planet-appears-the-largest-from-earth/

Curiously, Venus is sometimes "bigger" than Jupiter, sometimes "smaller", it seems.

 

[victorgv]

Nice!

You have awfully clear sky... i am jealous. ;-)