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JIK (OP) User ID: 6973148 United States 01/05/2012 10:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I see it too, but it's to the SSE from my vantage point. Almost in line under Orion's belt. It's really flashing a lot of colors, blues, reds, greens, purples. Not sure what it is, but I've never seen any star twinkle like this one is. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 8069597 Yes thank you. I'm in Bama. I'm used to seeing Venus and Jupiter and I think I remember this star from a few months back before it moved past my frame of view. I walked out front tonight and it looks twice as big and flashing as it was a few months ago. Anybody think theres anything to the theory that our magnetic shield has weakened therefore these planets and stars are much more luminous? |
revealerofsecrets User ID: 8351441 United States 01/05/2012 10:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Funny I was just in the yard and when I looked up I saw an unusual star that was kinda redish in color. It would be in ssw.. Wow must be the same one these guys are talking about. interesting HEy MO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can't stop smart!!! Reverse socialism = The rich picking the pockets of the poor using Port Authoritites, Water Ath,Metro Ath, Etc. |
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Writemeaticket Red User ID: 6120896 United States 01/05/2012 10:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So here's the skinny from my vantage point in Austin, TX. - Cloudy sky so I got on Stellariam - Nothing of note should be in the SSW sky. However, Jupiter and a bunch of its moons are pretty bright these days. You can see it SSW but look up about 60° azimuth. - Now if you look SSE, Halcyon and Sirius A (both pretty bright stars) are at about 25-30° up. That's the best I can tell you right now, broham. On this bitch since 2004. 7th Gen Texan - Come and take it! |
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JIK (OP) User ID: 6973148 United States 01/05/2012 10:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So here's the skinny from my vantage point in Austin, TX. Quoting: Writemeaticket Red - Cloudy sky so I got on Stellariam - Nothing of note should be in the SSW sky. However, Jupiter and a bunch of its moons are pretty bright these days. You can see it SSW but look up about 60° azimuth. - Now if you look SSE, Halcyon and Sirius A (both pretty bright stars) are at about 25-30° up. That's the best I can tell you right now, broham. Thanks dude. Jupiter is straight above my head. move south and you see the big dipper. Move further south and its pretty high in the sky flashing blue and purple. Sounds like what you are describing as Sirius. When I was out at 8 it was much lower in the southern sky but flashing bigtime red. So they dont look alike and Im not sure if its the same star. Maybe theyre redder closer to the horizon like the moon does sometimes. Not Venus. Venus is the huge bastard in the NW sky and long gone a few hours after sunset. |
Writemeaticket Red User ID: 6120896 United States 01/05/2012 10:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So here's the skinny from my vantage point in Austin, TX. Quoting: Writemeaticket Red - Cloudy sky so I got on Stellariam - Nothing of note should be in the SSW sky. However, Jupiter and a bunch of its moons are pretty bright these days. You can see it SSW but look up about 60° azimuth. - Now if you look SSE, Halcyon and Sirius A (both pretty bright stars) are at about 25-30° up. That's the best I can tell you right now, broham. Thanks dude. Jupiter is straight above my head. move south and you see the big dipper. Move further south and its pretty high in the sky flashing blue and purple. Sounds like what you are describing as Sirius. When I was out at 8 it was much lower in the southern sky but flashing bigtime red. So they dont look alike and Im not sure if its the same star. Maybe theyre redder closer to the horizon like the moon does sometimes. Not Venus. Venus is the huge bastard in the NW sky and long gone a few hours after sunset. What's really strange is Sirius has gotten a lot brighter and has scintillated more (IMO) than I have ever seen it. And I've been watching the skies since college Physics (Astronomy got me out of colleg Trig). I do think we're seeing more anomalies with appearances and movement of heavenly bodies in the last 10 or so years. Or else why would we all be noticing this stuff so much? Download Stellarium if you can. It's free and a really good program. Keep watching the skies bro. On this bitch since 2004. 7th Gen Texan - Come and take it! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 775747 Canada 01/05/2012 10:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So here's the skinny from my vantage point in Austin, TX. Quoting: Writemeaticket Red - Cloudy sky so I got on Stellariam - Nothing of note should be in the SSW sky. However, Jupiter and a bunch of its moons are pretty bright these days. You can see it SSW but look up about 60° azimuth. - Now if you look SSE, Halcyon and Sirius A (both pretty bright stars) are at about 25-30° up. That's the best I can tell you right now, broham. Thanks dude. Jupiter is straight above my head. move south and you see the big dipper. Move further south and its pretty high in the sky flashing blue and purple. Sounds like what you are describing as Sirius. When I was out at 8 it was much lower in the southern sky but flashing bigtime red. So they dont look alike and Im not sure if its the same star. Maybe theyre redder closer to the horizon like the moon does sometimes. Not Venus. Venus is the huge bastard in the NW sky and long gone a few hours after sunset. Planets don't blink, they are too darn big from our perspective. |
shadasonic User ID: 7848598 United States 01/05/2012 10:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That badboy is blinking red. And yes its a star not a plane. All smartarse answers welcome. Quoting: JIK Last night or the night before, the blue giant Sirius was blinking white blue and even red. First time I can recall it blinking red meaning the atmosphere is very turbulent. I saw this also, was crazy! “One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” – Carl Sagan |
ren1999 User ID: 1518033 Japan 01/05/2012 10:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I saw this last night from Tokyo. I could see several very distinct light rays coming from it. It also looked like two stars very close together. I honestly thought it was a low flying airplane at first. Very surprising. I think I saw it last year but it wasn't as large and bright as it was last night. Something is strange about this. It was mostly about seven white rays but the center was blue. Last Edited by ren1999 on 01/05/2012 10:34 PM John Thomas of the Titor Project |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 3632012 United States 01/05/2012 10:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So here's the skinny from my vantage point in Austin, TX. Quoting: Writemeaticket Red - Cloudy sky so I got on Stellariam - Nothing of note should be in the SSW sky. However, Jupiter and a bunch of its moons are pretty bright these days. You can see it SSW but look up about 60° azimuth. - Now if you look SSE, Halcyon and Sirius A (both pretty bright stars) are at about 25-30° up. That's the best I can tell you right now, broham. Thanks dude. Jupiter is straight above my head. move south and you see the big dipper. Move further south and its pretty high in the sky flashing blue and purple. Sounds like what you are describing as Sirius. When I was out at 8 it was much lower in the southern sky but flashing bigtime red. So they dont look alike and Im not sure if its the same star. Maybe theyre redder closer to the horizon like the moon does sometimes. Not Venus. Venus is the huge bastard in the NW sky and long gone a few hours after sunset. Venus is in the SW sky after sunset, not the NW! |
JIK (OP) User ID: 6973148 United States 01/05/2012 10:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That badboy is blinking red. And yes its a star not a plane. All smartarse answers welcome. Quoting: JIK Last night or the night before, the blue giant Sirius was blinking white blue and even red. First time I can recall it blinking red meaning the atmosphere is very turbulent. Cool. thanks. |
JIK (OP) User ID: 6973148 United States 01/05/2012 10:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So here's the skinny from my vantage point in Austin, TX. Quoting: Writemeaticket Red - Cloudy sky so I got on Stellariam - Nothing of note should be in the SSW sky. However, Jupiter and a bunch of its moons are pretty bright these days. You can see it SSW but look up about 60° azimuth. - Now if you look SSE, Halcyon and Sirius A (both pretty bright stars) are at about 25-30° up. That's the best I can tell you right now, broham. Thanks dude. Jupiter is straight above my head. move south and you see the big dipper. Move further south and its pretty high in the sky flashing blue and purple. Sounds like what you are describing as Sirius. When I was out at 8 it was much lower in the southern sky but flashing bigtime red. So they dont look alike and Im not sure if its the same star. Maybe theyre redder closer to the horizon like the moon does sometimes. Not Venus. Venus is the huge bastard in the NW sky and long gone a few hours after sunset. Planets don't blink, they are too darn big from our perspective. Yeah, its a star no doubt. Thanks. |
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JIK (OP) User ID: 6973148 United States 01/05/2012 10:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So here's the skinny from my vantage point in Austin, TX. Quoting: Writemeaticket Red - Cloudy sky so I got on Stellariam - Nothing of note should be in the SSW sky. However, Jupiter and a bunch of its moons are pretty bright these days. You can see it SSW but look up about 60° azimuth. - Now if you look SSE, Halcyon and Sirius A (both pretty bright stars) are at about 25-30° up. That's the best I can tell you right now, broham. Thanks dude. Jupiter is straight above my head. move south and you see the big dipper. Move further south and its pretty high in the sky flashing blue and purple. Sounds like what you are describing as Sirius. When I was out at 8 it was much lower in the southern sky but flashing bigtime red. So they dont look alike and Im not sure if its the same star. Maybe theyre redder closer to the horizon like the moon does sometimes. Not Venus. Venus is the huge bastard in the NW sky and long gone a few hours after sunset. Venus is in the SW sky after sunset, not the NW! Yeah I might be a little turned around which would make the star Im seeing starting in the due south. |
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shadasonic User ID: 7848598 United States 01/05/2012 10:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | been seeing that for atleast 2 years now Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1360829 everybody says its venus on here but i dont remember seeing it when i was young Its sirius, and it has done this before, not very often though, or this colorful. Its providing needed frequency for change, not joking “One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” – Carl Sagan |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 8371586 United Kingdom 01/06/2012 08:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Almost certainly Sirius from the decription. Stars twinkle more when they're near the horizon (more atmosphere in the way) and bright stars like Sirius can show lots of colours as well. And bright planets like Venus and Jupiter will twinle a bit close to the horizon, especially if the atmosphere is turbulent. Not as much as stars, but they will a little... |