What is the weird orange star in the sky every night?
Mars is barely visible in the mornings, just before sunrise. If you are seeing a prominent red star in the evening (which is the time of day most people notice the stars) in the South-East (assuming you are in the Northern hemisphere) then you are most likely looking at Betelgeuse, which is an M1.5 Supergiant, and very luminous. It is the top left star in the body of Orion. Another possibility is Pollux, which is a K0 Giant, and also red. It is further North from Betelgeuse, and is the head of one of the ‘Twins’ of Gemini. Higher up in the Eastern sky are Aldebaran and Capella, also reddish colored. Aldebaran is the eye of the Bull, Taurus. However, compared to Mag 0.45 Betelgeuse, it is much dimmer at 0.85. Capella on the other hand is a bright orange star at 0.05. By the way, Nibiru is the ancient Sumerian name for the planet we call Jupiter. Zacharia Sitchin’s version of Nibiru coming to cause death and destruction is a fantasy.
