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orion's belt is easy to spot. its the three stars in a row up in the sky. i have been reading alot about exo-planets lately. i can look up at the sky and know which star has planet's in them, simply by using the constelations. and if you look carefully you can see a red star shining, that would be mars. and if your awake aroun fajr, you can see venus rising in the morning, its the morning star usually shining very bright. believe it or not, venus is alot brighter than mercury, even though mercury is closer to the sun. that's because venus has a run away green house effect making it shine brighter than mercury.

for naked eye observation, if you want to know which star is a sun and which star is a planet, the star that twinkles is a sun. the star that doesnt twinkle, and is usually brighter, is most likely one of the five planets visible to the naked eye, with jupiter being the largest.