stargazing this am

[goddasgirl2021]

I  was  out  on my  porch at 4:00 am this morning, and  was  to the west and  saw  a little bright object, I think it was Saturn that I saw but not sure

I would need to  get my  celestron  binoculars and take a closer look to the west,but I did see the big dipper this morning,I so love going out on the porch in the morning 

and just looking  up into the Cosmose early in the morning, I think about our astronauts that our still on the international space station,they our coming home on saturday 

and hoping it will be shown live on nasa tv.

  

[Astro Noodles]

Hi goddasgirl

There is a good app you can get for your mobile or tablet called Stellarium. It is free, and might help you identify the things you are looking at. I use it as do many on this forum https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noctuasoftware.stellarium_free&hl=en_US&gl=US

Edited April 30, 2021 by Astro Noodles

[Pixies]

46 minutes ago, goddasgirl2021 said:

I  was  out  on my  porch at 4:00 am this morning, and  was  to the west and  saw  a little bright object, I think it was Saturn that I saw but not sure

I would need to  get my  celestron  binoculars and take a closer look to the west,but I did see the big dipper this morning,I so love going out on the porch in the morning 

and just looking  up into the Cosmose early in the morning, I think about our astronauts that our still on the international space station,they our coming home on saturday 

and hoping it will be shown live on nasa tv.

  

Jupiter and Saturn will be to the south-east at that time in the morning. Perhaps you were seeing the star Arcturus? It's bright, orange, and you can find it by following the curve of the handle of the big dipper away from the 'bowl' end:

[goddasgirl2021]

On 30/04/2021 at 05:37, Pixies said:

Jupiter and Saturn will be to the south-east at that time in the morning. Perhaps you were seeing the star Arcturus? It's bright, orange, and you can find it by following the curve of the handle of the big dipper away from the 'bowl' end:

Ok  thank you for  that info,

is it kind of like a bright orange orange ?, cause I was looking  East at the time, so ya when I am on my porch again early in the morning,I will follow the curve of the 

handle of the Big Dipper,and then let you know what I see.