What Is The Reddish Star I Saw at/after Sunset in South East? It's NOT Venus | |
davvi
User ID: 3677166 United States 12/06/2013 12:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What do we mean by visible planet? Venus after sunset Jupiter: early evening Planets in morning sky in December Jupiter: early evening to dawn Mars: predawn/dawn sky Saturn: predawn/dawn sky Mercury: before sunrise, but quickly fading [link to earthsky.org] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 49076009 Canada 12/06/2013 12:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why don't you guys post a decent picture taken with a tripod instead of a shitty mobile out of focus video? BTW a nice college degree grade course on optics and image processing could get you guys a long way and dispel all that nibiru/second sun nonsense. Peace. |
KarinZa.
User ID: 43658232 United States 12/06/2013 12:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | December sky... Venus, Castor, Pollux, then Jupiter. [link to earthsky.org] "I may be paranoid, but not an android." |
justwannaknow User ID: 38343087 United States 05/06/2014 11:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
xenophon
User ID: 54707379 Australia 05/06/2014 11:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If someone is ignorant of Arcturus the star sinking near the highest pole, why the slow Bootes should steer the Great Bear and sink its late flames into the horizon, although very quickly it unfolds its rising, one will marvel at the law of high heaven. The unfinished horns of the full moon become pale by the dark of fearful night, and the moon uncovers the diffused stars, which she had covered with her shining face: public error agitates the nations and they tire from repeatedly striking cymbals. No one wonders at the northwest winds beating the coast with roaring waves nor the mass hardened by the snow's cold being dissolved by the burning heat of the sun. For here it is easy to discern the causes, there hidden things disturb the feelings. Age promotes all things which are rare, and the fickle crowd is stunned by sudden things, but should the cloudy error of ignorance depart, with progress they cease to seem strange! Boethius Last Edited by Xenophon on 05/06/2014 11:33 PM the 3rd shaking |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 57794061 United States 05/07/2014 12:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yeah, I've been seeing it as well all Fall. Quoting: KarinZa. I think there are many threads on it, but there is a lot of noise from opinions in them. No, this object I saw was just slightly east of south and very high up in the sky. I have went out on several occasions to look for this south/southwest object in the other threads to no avail. This was around 70 degrees in the sky and the sun had not fully set yet and I watch Venus over a tree in the backyard when the sky is clear and this was well south of that. Yes, Venus was north west of this. How high up would you say Venus was in comparison? I was quite surprised by this as I couldn't locate what it was on Google Sky, which is usually pretty reliable, lol. I noticed it AFTER sunset and it stayed up in the sky for a while after that. It's not far above the horizon so I couldn't follow it's progress all the way home - too many trees and buildings. I'm glad other people are seeing this and I just wonder what it is.... South and a little east, that was Mars. Mars is red. You should have seen it when it was huuuuge a couple of weeks ago. |
justwannaknow User ID: 35142082 United States 05/07/2014 10:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |