What is the bright reddish orange looking star in the night skies above Indiana, USA?

Directly overhead. I live in Indiana in the U.S. My husband and I are thinking we might actually be observing the planet Mars. Is this in fact what we are seeing or are we seeing a star?

Asked by Calypso 24 months ago Similar questions: bright reddish orange star night skies Indiana USA Science > Space & Astronomy.

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It sounds like Mars, it is slowing down at the minute in relation to us and is getting ready to go retrograde til about February. That means it will look like it is going backwards. Venus would be more blue looking, and smaller.

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Yes, Mars is high in the sky in our hemisphere There are several stars that can appear red, but few can match the redness of Mars. We haven't seen the night sky here in quite a while. Enjoy it while it lasts.

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One of two possible celestial objects... This is difficult to know the answer to. You can know which it is with some minor detective work. The possibilities are Mars and Betelgeuse.

Most of the time, if you see an unusually bright reddish object in the night skies, I'd guess it is Mars. The other possibility is Betelgeuse, a star that lies near the Pleiades star cluster. The Pleiades, often known as the Seven Sisters, are arguably the easiest such cluster of stars to recognize in the northern skies.

Currently, Mars and Betelgeuse are both high in the skies near midnight, so I'm not sure which object you are seeing. A trick to telling if an object is a planet, is to look over several nights. If it is a planet you are watching, then its position with respect to the neighboring stars will change over a period of a few days.So go out one night and draw a picture of the stars around it.

Then go back out in a couple of days and look again. If it has moved, then it is a planet. And of course, if it moves rapidly enough to see it move while you are watching, then wave to ET.

;-) There are also computer programs (I use Starry Night) that you can buy for a reasonable amount of money, that will show you the position of the stars and the planets at any point in time. Such a program is quite useful to help you to identify objects in the night skies. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades_(star_cluster), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betelgeuse woodchips's Recommendations Starry Night Backyard Special Edition 3.1 Amazon List Price: $59.99 Used from: $19.40 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 9 reviews) .

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More likely to be Jupiter I’d check with an astronomer at the local college. In our local newspaper there’s an astronomy column on Thursdays that lets us know what to look for in the night sky this week. Jupiter is big enough to be seen at times with the naked eye, but to see Mars, you probably need to use a telescope; the reddish color might be from pollution or water vapor in the air.

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