Massive bright celestial object during sunset.

That would be the sun.

Got a very good view of the setting sun last night on my way home with no clouds. I didn't see anything else near it. I think if PX is out there, it's not visable yet.

Sorry OP, get a pic next time.

Morning Shadowfox,
Sorry, but if I saw something bright near the sun, that wasn't the sun, I'd call the news stations or at least get a camera pic. That would be pretty big news.

Not sure if PX is visable yet.

It's almost night time, and no it's not PX, because it's quite a big distance away after the sun is almost gone, but you can see it's extremely large and brighter than the Jupiter we usually see.

Ok, it's either Mercury or Venus, it's March, they should be very visible around sunset now.

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Mercury and Venus are visible a while after sunset late March- early April 2010
posted March 26, 2010 - 6:35pm


The image is courtesy of Sky and Telescope as part of Astonomy outreach.



Here is a link to sky and telescope

This is a good place to learn a bit about astronomy -- and professionals and amateurs alike read the magazine.



Nearly everyone has seen Venus, but it takes a few good clear evenings without clouds on the horizon to see Mercury for several days in a row. Right now, the ecliptic is more nearly vertical with respect to the horizon in the early Spring evenings than at other times of the year, improving your chances of seeing Mercury -- since when the Sun sets this time of the year, Mercury nears its eastern orbital elongation and is well above the horizon.

Use this link to see the path of Mercury with respect to Venus.



If you have a small telescope, you can see Mercury's phases. Since Venus and Mercury are planets insicde the Earths orbit, they appear to climb the sky from their conjuction with the Sun. Since their orbits are interior to the Earths, they catch-up with us and pass us on their way around the Sun -- which for Mercury is a rapid traverse of the sky.

I hope you get a chance to see it this time around!

mars or venus maybe.

Not mars for sure, it's in the same direction you see the moon.

I saw mars before I saw mercury.


It's reddish tint, not blinking. Not as visible now but you can still spot it with your naked eye if you pay attention.

It was quite visible last month though.

sundog?

Venus. Been watching it for weeks.