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Bright star next to moon right now? | |
| ISO Offer Upgrade  User ID: 1505662  United States09/17/2011 12:47 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| kfitz User ID: 1486313 United States09/17/2011 01:03 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm in Central New York, I just took the dog out and saw a bright star next to the moon. The problem is I didn't notice any other stars except one really faint one off in the other direction. Quoting: ISO Is there supposed to be a bright star near the moon? It's really bright. It even made a halo type glare on the passing thin clouds. i seen that same little bastard on my way home from work. it was the only star i even noticed. i am in canandaigua. |
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| NORMAL GUY User ID: 1293441  Spain09/17/2011 01:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Same here, noticed that also, and boy is it bright, I first thought it was ISS! Is it closer to earth than normal, as I have not seen it before? Any astronomers care to enlighten me? The most perfect place to be is... With your own thought,s on a silent mountain with the sun on your back, a breeze on your face and peace in your soul...... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1547979 United States09/17/2011 01:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Writemeaticket Red User ID: 1373061 United States09/17/2011 01:30 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Jupiter w/ moons Europa, Ganymede, Callisto and Io visible all in line via in a 45 degree angle with a a good pair of astronomy binocs. Or a small telescope. Absolute magnitude 25.84 (bright as shit) Distance ~4.2 AU Download Stellarium for free if you don't have binocs or a telescope. It's not "live", but gives you all the good data. Great for amateur "astrominers".  Last Edited by Writemeaticket Red on 09/17/2011 01:33 AM "Sycophantic butt-licker." (Apparently.) |
| BoxerLvr User ID: 883595 United States09/17/2011 01:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm in Central New York, I just took the dog out and saw a bright star next to the moon. The problem is I didn't notice any other stars except one really faint one off in the other direction. Quoting: ISO Is there supposed to be a bright star near the moon? It's really bright. It even made a halo type glare on the passing thin clouds. That is Jupiter. Because the Moon rises about 50 minutes later each night. . It is precisely because it is fashionable for Americans to know no science, even though they may be well educated otherwise, that they so easily fall prey to nonsense. They thus become part of the armies of the night, the purveyors of nitwittery, the retailers of intellectual junk food, the feeders on mental cardboard, for their ignorance keeps them from distinguishing nectar from sewage. — Isaac Asimov |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1552980 United Kingdom09/17/2011 02:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A simple check on a skymap program or website will tell you it's Jupiter. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1552980 Does nobody have the ability to actually do some basic investigation before posting nowadays? Some just feed on doom bro. Deal with it or let it deal with you m8 :) Yeah, I know It just gets a bit annoying when there are a dozen threads on exactly the same thing, and not one of them had the wit to do a simple check on what's supposed to be visible before posting... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1553650  China09/17/2011 02:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1204747 Canada09/17/2011 03:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Same here, noticed that also, and boy is it bright, I first thought it was ISS! Is it closer to earth than normal, as I have not seen it before? Any astronomers care to enlighten me? it looks like there is going to be an alignment between this bright star and half moon and this other less bright light to the left of the moon, about double the distance from the brighter object to the moon... we have been getting eary winds here the past couple of days, central alberta, CA |
| RPR User ID: 1553668 United Kingdom09/17/2011 03:48 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1411695 United States09/17/2011 01:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A simple check on a skymap program or website will tell you it's Jupiter. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1552980 Does nobody have the ability to actually do some basic investigation before posting nowadays? People post things like this right away just in case it's a UFO and others will need to look fast to see it. People don't want to begin a Google investigation on an object they think might be a UFO. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1532068 United States09/17/2011 05:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is what I saw last night as well and I am in Maine. I took several pictures because I found it odd also. [link to i1191.photobucket.com] |
| Lnx User ID: 1501781  Finland09/17/2011 05:31 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1532068 United States09/17/2011 05:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| bombnet User ID: 1553733 France09/17/2011 05:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | go buy a telescope you cannot see with this quality of image !!! it is just jupiter. i see it this summer with telescope and it is amazing cool to see with his moons travelling around. no doubt it is JUPITER !!! you got better guys pay attention to the solar activity, because that's real |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1516837  Moldova, Republic of09/17/2011 06:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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