Can you see stars during the day?
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As all the others said, the sun is a star, and you see it every day. Sometimes, in early morning or in late afternoon, some of the most prominent start may be visible, mostly on the horizon.\n\nAll the stars which you can see by night is still there during the day, but the sun's light is so bright that we cannot see past its brightness to where the stars are.\n\nI once heard in an astronomy class that it is able to see a star in the day, but the light of the star has to fall directly in the mid-center of your eye, and that takes some doing.\n\nLastly, there are certain occasions where stars are visible during the day. I remember when I was in primary school, the Planet Venus (although not a star) was visible next to the moon right in the middle of the day. If Venus can be visible at that time, then why not any other star?\n\nHope I could help you...
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You can even see the Moon in the daytime because it is big and brightly lit by the Sun. The surface of the Moon is about as reflective as an asphalt road--rather dark but not totally black. When you look at the Moon, you are seeing the light which reflects off it. This is not nearly as bright as the Sun, but it is up to 100,000 times as bright as the brightest nighttime star. \nDuring the day, the brightness of the sky washes out the light from the stars: a region of the sky including a bright star is only very slightly brighter than a region of the sky without a bright star, so your eye cannot notice the difference. However, the region of the sky containing the Moon is much brighter, so you can see it. You can also sometimes see Venus during the day if the conditions are right and you know exactly where to look, but anything dimmer is lost. \n\nIt might be useful to think of the sun as a large light bulb, and the moon as a large mirror. There are situations where we can't see the light bulb, but we can see the light from the bulb reflected in the mirror. This is the situation when the moon is out at night. We can't see the sun directly because the earth is blocking our view of it, but we can see its light reflected from the moon. However, there are also situations where we can see both the light bulb and the mirror, and this is what is happening when we see the moon during the day. You can explore this for yourself with a light and a hand mirror. Depending on which way you face (away from the light or sideways to the light) you can see either just the mirror, or both the light and the mirror. \n\nI hope this helps!
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Depends on your location.  From the United States, you can find the constellation Scorpius low in the southern sky primarily during the summer months.  Currently (early April), it's at its highest around 5am DST.  Early next month, it will be most visible around 3am DST.  For each successive month, it's at its highest about two hours earlier than in the previous month, so by early August it will be best seen around 9pm DST.  It's low in the sky, however; even from the southern states, its brightest star Antares never rises higher than about 1/3 of the way from horizon (where the sky meets the ground) to zenith (directly overhead).\n\nA side-note; you may notice a very bright "star" this spring and summer, somewhat higher and to the right of Scorpius; this would be the planet Jupiter.\n\nA good site that generates a sky chart for any location can be found at:\nhttp://www.heavens-above.com
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It depends on what you want to see. The sun can be very interesting viewed with the appropriate equipment. For stars and the aurora late night works well, especially in cooler climates as the cold air causes less distortion of the stars. A good site to see is spaceweather.com.
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It depends on where you live. But most reported "star" is Venus, a very bright yellow/white blob on the sky setting or rising a few hours after or before the Sun. It has two old names "Evening star" and "Morning star" refering to it setting just after the Sun sets, or rising just before the Sun rises.
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This depends on a couple of things -- how high the satellite is and the time of night. Remember, satellites are visible only because of light reflected from the Sun. If it's early in the evening where you are, the Sun isn't too far below the horizon, therefore any satellites passing overhead will readily catch sunlight because they're farther up in the sky. Very late at night, the number of satellites you're going to see will decrease because now the Sun is far below your horizon, and any satellites passing overhead must be quite high too still catch sunlight.
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Betelgeuse is a constituent of Orion, which should be visible in the evening at this time of year.  Use a star chart to see exactly which star of Orion it is.
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It is perfectly safe to look at the stars as long as you want; hours, days, years or even decades. Just don't try that with the Sun.
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It should be visible from California at about 5:00am. Look for it near the constellation Leo.
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Try this interactive sky map link.  You can set it to your location and then look and see what planets are visible and what time.  If you are on the US east coast, look to the east in the morning and you will see Venus.  At aroung 8:00 pm, look to the West and there are 3 planets visible close to the moon:  Mars, Saturn and Mercury.   Jupiter is almost straight up at that time and sets in the west around 2:00 am.\n\nhttp://skyandtelescope.com/observing/skychart/skychart.asp?setLocation=true
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It really depends on where you are.  For northernly latitudes, Ursa Major (big dipper), Ursa Minor (little dipper), and Cassiopeia are generally visible on any night of the year.
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Midnight 'till about 2a ET.  Find a spot where there are no lights in your eyes and stare at the sky.  I hope you see some shooting stars.  Make a wish if you do...
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i want to see the daily path of the sun on the sky:\n\nrising from east and setting to west as everywhere on earth but going through north at noon not south as in northern hemisphere. must be fascinating to see: all shadows at noon pointing south instead of north\n\nlove your beaches too
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Well it's impossible to see stars when the sun is up, and Venus is the only planet visible during the day, so there is no way all those bodies could have been visible at the same time. There might have been some sort of alignment, but it would only have been calculated, not observed.
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The Planets Venus and Jupiter. Especially Venus as you will always find it close to the horizon in either the evening or morning. They are so bright that they seem to move with you like the illusion of the Moon following you, especially if you're driving. Also bright stars twinkle when they are low to the horizon due to atmospheric disturbances. \nOtherwise people might see airplanes, helicopters, weather balloons, satellites, or meteors.
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Greetings,\n\nIt was probably Sirius the Dog Star.  One of the closer stars to us and when it twinkles it appears red, blue, green, and is really big for a star.\n\nIt was NOT a planet, as planets don't twinkle.  Jupiter is bright, but it's not very high up in the sky at 8:00 pm.  Venus is currently only up in the morning.  Saturn is a dim yellowish star in Gemini.  Mars is a dim orange star between Taurus and the Pleides.\n\nSo to sum up, it was most likely Sirius.\n\nYou can use the link provided for a interactive star chart that is easy to read and use.  Simply plug in your city and state and the time of day/night you want to see and most of the visible stars will show up along with the planets, comets, and a few other deep space objects.\n\n-matt
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No.\nThe Sun may be visible for more than one day over the geographic North Pole during the Summer, but the day is still only about 24 hours long.