Favourite Planet ?

[mattc_uk]

My overall favourite is Saturn, mainly because I have a large telescope and Saturn with her rings is visually the most stunning planet in the solar system to look at.

My favourite naked eye planet is Venus because it\'s the brightest object in the sky apart from Sun and Moon!

[mattc_uk]

By the way this might explain why its my fav planet

http://www.cookuk.plus.com/astro/gallery/saturn_processed.jpg

Taken myself through a Skywatcher 120 telescope with a digital camera attached

[Luke Beale]

My fravourite planet is Jupiter

[Anonymous]

me to but i go with luke and Saturn comes close for me

[Ban Midou]

sorry but i like venus it\'s just so calm to look at!

[mattc_uk]

For the naked eye Venus is just AWSOME. Most people think its a plane with its landing lights on as it is so bright and always near the horizon (when visible).

The reason it is so bright is due to the whole planet being completley surrounded by miles thick cloud. They reflect a lot of the sunlight well making observation of the actual surface impossible even with the latest professional scopes.

[Anonymous]

i think i see it lol and trouught it was a plane lol
it looks like a moons but it got cover with some mub lol but i like jup for now

[sad eyed angel]

i was going to pick earth. :( so i picked venus just because.

[mattc_uk]

i think i see it lol and trouught it was a plane lol
it looks like a moons but it got cover with some mub lol but i like jup for now


You saw Venus recently ?? you must have got up early before sunrise then!!

[Anonymous]

i did my sister set my clock to tell me to get up at sometime in the morning and i did i when outside saw what looked like a plane it my have be a other planet as it was sleepy i can not remember any more

[mattc_uk]

nice one... Venus is shockingly bright at the moment. You may have seen Jupiter as they are both in the same part of the sky. Venus being nearest the horizon.

[Ban Midou]

i like the fact that i can see merdcury when i\'m up during the day!

[Luke Beale]

i can see the sun during the day even tho its not a planet lol

[Ban Midou]

lol ut\'s a star luke!

[Luke Beale]

i know thats why i said, its not a planet :P

[mattc_uk]

i like the fact that i can see merdcury when i\'m up during the day!


Oh really ?? thats clever ... how exactly do you manage that one !!!??

[Luke Beale]

i dont think that you can see merdcuryin the day

[mattc_uk]

It is Just possible at the right time of year and if you have a PERFECTLY CLEAR horizon just after sunset. But mercury is never very far from the horizon when viewable (i.e it\'s always close to the sun, so can only be viewed just after sunset or just before sunrise).