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It depends on the time of year and where the planets are in their orbits. In many cases the "star" is not a star at all but a planet. Venus is the most likely candidate.

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What bright planet can be seen in the western sky of Virginia at 8PM?

That's Venus. Venus is exceptionally bright this winter, but will be disappearing in about 5 weeks as it swings into conjunction with the Sun. We won't be able to see Venus again until late April, when it will reappear as the Morning Star in the pre-dawn darkness.


What is a bright star -5 or 5?

A star with apparent visual magnitude of -5, if there were any, would appear ten magnitudes brighter than (about 2,154 times as bright as) one with apparent visual magnitude of +5.


What magnitude would he associated with the brightest star?

The brightest star in the night sky is Sirius, which has an apparent magnitude of approximately -1.46. This negative value indicates that it is extremely bright compared to other stars visible from Earth. The magnitude scale is logarithmic, so a difference of 5 magnitudes corresponds to a brightness factor of 100.


What is the bright star you can see right next to the moon tonight Sept 29th 2009?

There is no "star of the east". Everything "rises" in the east and sets in the west. As the Earth follows its path around the Sun, once per year and spins once per day, the stars appear to rise 4 minutes earlier each day, so there is no particular star that always appears in the east, or which always rises in the east at a specific time.English boxer, Barney Aaron, was nicknamed "The Star of the East".


If a main sequence star has an apparent magnitude of 5 what is it's spectral type?

It may be just about anything. The apparent magnitude tells us how bright the star looks to us, not how bright it really is. The apparent magnitude (or brightness) depends both on the absolute magnitude (real brightness), but also depends on the star's distance.

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What bright planet can be seen in the western sky of Virginia at 8PM?

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What is a bright star -5 or 5?

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Does a star have more than 1 line of symmetry explain?

5 pointed star? 6 pointed star(star of David)? A star in the sky? You need to provide more information. A 5 pointed star can have 5 lines of symmetry.


Can you see Venus on earth in the night sky?

Yes. It is called the Morning Star when it looks like a bright star in the morning, and the Evening Star when it looks like a bright star at night. It only appears shortly after sunset or shortly before sunrise. If you use a telescope, you can see the planet, but not any detail. The thick clouds around the planet hide the surface from view.


How much brighter is -5 from 5?

A star or other heavenly body whose visual magnitude is -5 is 2,154.4 times as bright as another body with visual magnitude of +5.


What is the bright star you can see right next to the moon tonight Sept 29th 2009?

There is no "star of the east". Everything "rises" in the east and sets in the west. As the Earth follows its path around the Sun, once per year and spins once per day, the stars appear to rise 4 minutes earlier each day, so there is no particular star that always appears in the east, or which always rises in the east at a specific time.English boxer, Barney Aaron, was nicknamed "The Star of the East".


Why do astronomers a find it difficult to locate extrasolar planets with telescopes?

From our distance, they are close to the stars they orbit. Hope this helps! :) 5/3/21