Can any of you see Mars?

[mostsmooth]

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Here in the UK, I can see a particularly bright, yellow-looking star tonight. I'm no astronomer, but it's too bright for Venus (I think), so I figure it must be Mars. Can any of you guys in North America (or anyone anywhere else?) see it too?

Any astronomers here to set me straight on what it really might be?

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for some reason i always thought venus appeared as the brightest planet?

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Really? I'm no expert. Maybe it's that then. We need an astronomer!

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check in the science forum. when i was looking into telescopes brucez and a couple others seemed to be in the know.

Mars has just finished being closer to the earth now than it will be for the next 2300 yrs or something. I believe it is currently the brightest point in the sky in the northern hemisphere.

[Dominic]

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Wouldn't Mars be red?

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mars will always have a reddish glow to it - so you probably didn't see Mars. although you can see it.

[diebitter]

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check in the science forum. when i was looking into telescopes brucez and a couple others seemed to be in the know.

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I did this, and brucez did indeed confirm it was Mars, which is unusually close at the current time.

Here's some info about it