I have had a lot luck looking south east at sunset. But this depends on the time of year. Consult a sky map. Really good one are available on-line or via Astronomy Magazines.
it depends what you look for if you look for a planet you might want to head to a field on a cloudless night with no street lights
The first to look up at the night sky.
you look in the sky
Saturn can typically be found in the night sky towards the southeast direction during the summer months, and towards the southwest during the winter months. Using a star chart, a stargazing app, or telescope can help in locating Saturn's position in the sky.
look up at the sky
what keeps planet earth from fallin out of the sky
you look in the sky on a clear night
A very bright star. If you have a telescope, you can tell that it's a planet by it's colour, brightness and size.
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are easily visible in the sky without a telescope or binoculars, if you know when and where to look. That information is often included on the weather page of the local newspaper.
Noplace. Earth isn't a star, and isn't visible in the sky from Earth.
To find a planet in the night sky using a telescope, you first need to know where to look. You can use a star chart or a planetarium app to locate the planet's position in the sky. Once you have identified the planet's location, point your telescope in that direction and adjust the focus and magnification to get a clear view of the planet. Planets will appear as bright, non-twinkling points of light in the telescope's eyepiece.
The planet Uranus was named for the primordial god who personified the sky.