hello from N. Alberta (and a question)

[CanadianBacon]

I suppose I've been asking a lot of question about what I see in the skies as of late.  I woke up this morning to let the dogs out and decided to look up to the sky behind me for some unknown reason and I saw something peculiar.  This was what pushed me to get on the internet to look for some answers and so I'm here and hopefully stumbled upon a good community full of knowledge. 

So while I'm here, I will show you the pictures I took that persuaded me to find answers...

I did a little bit of research but I cannot be %100 on what they are.  Instead of speculating, I'll let you experts tell me what it is.  This picture was taken at 0745 local (MDT).  Located north of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, facing South East.

Thanks for the help, and hopefully SGL will open up a new realm of discovery for me

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Welcome to SGL!

You have spotted Venus and Jupiter (Mars is in there somewhere too). Quite a spectacular sight at the moment. I spent some time on them with binoculars and a telescope this morning

[laudropb]

Hello and welcome to the SGL. The planets, Jupiter, Venus and Mars are aligned in the East in the early morning sky. If you are lucky you can see Mercury as well, but it is very low near the horizon.

[dweller25]

Hello and welcome to SGL,

As above you saw Venus - the brightest object and Jupiter which is less bright but fairly close.

A little further away and below was a bright red object  - Mars, which is visible to the naked eye.

Jupiter has four bright moons which can easily be seen in binoculars - as can many other astronomical targets.

This free software may help ......

http://www.stellarium.org/en_GB/

[des anderson]

Hi,nice pictures,can`t add anything else,except....welcome to sgl.Des

[JamesM]

Hi and welcome to the forum

Clear skies

[Pete Presland]

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire :-)

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[CanadianBacon]

Right on guys, this is awesome.  I'm telling everyone I know.

[kendg]

Welcome to SGL. Enjoy your stay. The people here are friendly and knowledgeable and always willing to help.

I'm from just outside Sherwood Park. Small universe isn't it.

[seo]

Hi and welcome aboard !

[Dave In Vermont]

Greetings and welcome to SGL. Yup - Venus and Jupiter. The link to Stellarium above will help you. Install the program and read the instructions. You'll never be lost in the sky again!

Clear skies,

Dave

[swag72]

Hi and welcome to SGL - Looks like your sighting has been solved

Look forward to seeing you around

[Dave Lloyd]

Hi and welcome.

[hippie]

Welcome to SGL .

[Purplehayze104]

Hello an welcome to SGL, great place with great people, enjoy your time here

clear skies

john

[michigander]

Welcome to SGL, CanadianBacon!

Dana

[glowjet]

Hi CanadianBacon and welcome to SGL, good observation you have made with pictures taken, you are already on the road of discovery with Astronomy, enjoy the forum

[PeterCPC]

Hello and welcome.

Peter

[Vox45]

Hello and welcome to the forum

Clear skies !

... and as a montrealer ... Go Habs Go

[Charon]

Welcome aboard from Crete.

[Bizibilder]

Hello Canadian Bacon and welcome to SGL!!

[triton1]

Hi there and welcome to SGL

[xtreemchaos]

hi mate and welcome from charl in south wales uk.

[Starfisher]

hi and welcome!è

[Tim99]

Hey!  I like Canadian Bacon!  Be careful ... if you are looking up at the sky too much, you are gonna get hooked and the next thing you know, you will want a telescope!  Cool picture, my friend.  I was out one morning and saw all four - Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury!  Snapped a nice photo too.  Thanks for stopping by.  (I am from Western New York, south of Buffalo.)