Can someone tell me what planet is brightly lit in the south eastern sky right now?

Question

thanx for the answers guys, appreciate it!

Answer 1

That would be Jupiter my friend.  If you have a pair of binoculars you can possibly see the four largest moons around it.  Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Where you are and your local time help when asking this. But it will be Jupiter if it's bright and non-twinkling.

Answer 3

http://www.stellarium.org/

This is great freeware you can download.  Tell it where you are and it will tell you what you see.  

It is jupiter that you see.

Answer 4

I think it's jupiter.Go to "the star hustler".

Answer 5

not venus ! lol whoever said it

it's jupiter!

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Answer 6

venus

Answer 7

It is Jupiter.

Answer 8

It is Jupiter indeed! I'm like you Jim, I've been wondering too for weeks on what's that bright object shining in the sky - between South and South West - looking from San Jose, California.

Thanks B.! This Stellarium freeware program is a cool program indeed. I've known about a very cool program called Starry Night, but it's too much for my packet.

Cheers!