Are these flickering stars i see planets?

Question

when you look to the east you will see 3 stars in a row when you look to the right you will see a red flickering star is this mars?when you look to the left you will see a blue flickering star is this jupiter?

Answer 1

You are looking at the constellation Orion. The three stars in a vertical row are Orion's belt. The star to the right of the belt is Rigel, which is blue and is the brightest star in the constellation. The star to the left is the red giant Betelgeuse.

Jupiter is visible earlier in the evening as the brightest object in the southern sky. Mars is currently not very bright and is visible in the west for a short time after sunset, setting at about 10 p.m.

Answer 2

It sounds like you're talking about Orion's belt when you say 3 stars in a row.  There are several other bright stars that are part of this constellation.  Betelgeuse is the 9th brightest stars in the night sky, and it is distinctly red in color.  Rigel is the 6th brightest star in the sky, and it is blueish white in color.  (it's actually two stars close together, but to you it'll just look like one point of light.)

Check out this picture of the constellation http://homepage.mac.com/kvmagruder/bcp/a... to check if that's what you're seeing.  

Answer 3

it is a constellation named Orion

and the three stars you see make the Orion belt if u closely observe uo would find two stars on the rigt of it and two on the left of that belt  

Answer 4

I beleve that currently, Jupiter rises at "night" whereas Mars makes its appearance in the morning.  The old rule of thumb that planets do not twinkle is unapplicable when viewing planets near the horizon.

After checking my charts, I see that in Ohio, at 5 am, Orion and Gemini were rising in the East. Many stars and planets appear red when they are near the horizon. Betelgeuse is very bright and might appear quite ruddy in appearance when it rises or sets.