The bright planets - Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn - as well as the Sun and the Moon (The seven wanderers known to the ancients.), are the subjects of this applet.
It provides 8 views:
1. Diagram showing the rise and set times over the year,
2. the local the Horizon (rectangular coordinates),
3. the local the Horizon (spherical projection),
4. the local the Horizon (polar coordinates),
5. the Ecliptic plane,
6. the orbit of the Moon around the Earth,
7. a Sky Map,
8. an Earth Map.
There are 29 additional data windows.

The sky map is showing the bright stars and planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) at your local horizon.
Data windows are listing the bright stars and constellations.

The JavaScript (by J. Walker) is computing a table of the maximum elongations of Mercury for the chosen year. Elongations alternate between east and west of the Sun along the ecliptic.
(Public domain JavaScript by J. Walker)

The table lists the maximum elongations of Venus (if any) in the chosen year. Elongations alternate between east and west of the Sun along the ecliptic.
(Public domain JavaScript by J. Walker)