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Emc2 User ID: 17016228 Australia 08/20/2012 10:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to upload.wikimedia.org] Anything in life worth doing is worth overdoing. Moderation's for cowards. |
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miffed User ID: 22182497 Australia 08/20/2012 10:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Looks like this right? [link to stars.astro.illinois.edu] Quoting: Emc2 no up the other way & no back ground stars It's what Germany AC above linked to :) |
Emc2 User ID: 17016228 Australia 08/20/2012 10:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I think I know what your on about, I just can't remember what direction I seen it. It was like a 'wow bright triangle' thought at the time lol. Since the sky is cloudy I am using skyview and skysafari of whats above the horizon right now from my location on my Iphone. Anything in life worth doing is worth overdoing. Moderation's for cowards. |
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miffed User ID: 22182497 Australia 08/20/2012 10:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I think I know what your on about, I just can't remember what direction I seen it. It was like a 'wow bright triangle' thought at the time lol. Since the sky is cloudy I am using skyview and skysafari of whats above the horizon right now from my location on my Iphone. Quoting: Emc2 It is a wow sight I must admit, especially never seeing it before! I started a thread for us triangletards but then the answer was given but it's here if ya wanna join in :) Thread: Tiangle Startards unite :) |
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nibiru2012planetx User ID: 14807377 United Kingdom 08/20/2012 11:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | According to Stellarium it's Mercury This is the time of each individual recognizing their own identity as an expression of the essential Divine and the same for all others. This is a time of personal responsibility and personal authority, of becoming aware of oneself as the choice maker of our experience. |
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TBar1984 (OP) User ID: 13725461 United States 08/20/2012 11:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why does this subject come up every year ?. Venus is in the Gemini quadrant now. Quoting: Sword of mercy because every year it seems to get brighter and bigger or brighter and closer..thats the question; Why?¿? This is no shit... (Some will understand what that phrase usually precedes) Around 30 years ago I arrived on the bridge for the morning watch. It was still fairly dark and by the red light of the wheelhouse I could see the mate was visibly shaken. He was calling the 'westbound ship' and giving our location and course. He had us about 90° off course and said he had been attempting to avoid the ship heading directly for us. I looked out the door and saw...Venus directly above Mercury giving the appearance of the Masthead lights of a large vessel. Of course, there were no sidelights on the 'threatening vessel'. I told him I had it and he could go to bed... Yes, a long time ago Venus was being mistaken for a very close rogue ship. Now it has advanced to rogue close planet status. I guess some things do change... |
Emc2 User ID: 18300554 Australia 08/20/2012 11:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to astrobob.areavoices.com] Anything in life worth doing is worth overdoing. Moderation's for cowards. |
TBar1984 (OP) User ID: 13725461 United States 08/20/2012 12:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Mercury is very close to the Sun. You can't even see it on the CFHT. You can see Venus though, and it is much brighter than Mercury ever gets; [link to www.flickr.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 16007817 United States 08/20/2012 12:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Really disturbing. Quoting: Donthave I was wondering, my friend, why every thing seems to be so different from what it used to be few years ago. I mean, I've never seen Venus as bright as it is now, and now this supposedly 'brighful star' ? I really don't know what is this about, and I'd really appreciate that one of those 'big-time-astronauts' could explain it to us. Cya but this is not the droid we are looking for so we should move on.. |
TBar1984 (OP) User ID: 13725461 United States 08/20/2012 12:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Maybe its the combination of Mercury, Castor and Procyon making the triangle if its 'west' Quoting: Emc2 It was answered a while back. To the West, just after sunset: [link to astroblogger.blogspot.com] |
BoxerLvr User ID: 883595 Puerto Rico 08/20/2012 12:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OT: Until tonight I'd never seen the 3 night stars that form a big triangle! Do they have a name? Quoting: miffed Noticed them lastnight. There are triangles all over the sky. Which direction? What Altitude? Time on the CFHT? Gawd I am THE worst person to ask directions from lol. I'm in Northern NSW & they were West. I tried to get a photo but couldn't see them I think you're talking about Mars, Saturn, and the star Spica that is visible in the West after sunset. --> [link to i439.photobucket.com] 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: 788508 Spain 08/20/2012 12:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why does this subject come up every year ?. Venus is in the Gemini quadrant now. Quoting: Sword of mercy because every year it seems to get brighter and bigger or brighter and closer..thats the question; Why?¿? Mabey its because Venus is getting hotter, faster than once thought possible? And as it does, it gets brighter? Mabey even expands some?.. |
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Sword of mercy User ID: 22275232 United Kingdom 08/20/2012 01:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why does this subject come up every year ?. Venus is in the Gemini quadrant now. Quoting: Sword of mercy because every year it seems to get brighter and bigger or brighter and closer..thats the question; Why?¿? This is no shit... (Some will understand what that phrase usually precedes) Around 30 years ago I arrived on the bridge for the morning watch. It was still fairly dark and by the red light of the wheelhouse I could see the mate was visibly shaken. He was calling the 'westbound ship' and giving our location and course. He had us about 90° off course and said he had been attempting to avoid the ship heading directly for us. I looked out the door and saw...Venus directly above Mercury giving the appearance of the Masthead lights of a large vessel. Of course, there were no sidelights on the 'threatening vessel'. I told him I had it and he could go to bed... Yes, a long time ago Venus was being mistaken for a very close rogue ship. Now it has advanced to rogue close planet status. I guess some things do change... Too much rum, ai ai captian "Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy! " |
TBar1984 (OP) User ID: 13725461 United States 08/20/2012 01:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | T BAR. Tell me the exact time I would see Venus come up in the night sky in Vernon BC.Canada I want the exact time in Vernon BC. Please settle this once and for all. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17070963 Well, this place doesn't list your Time Zone [link to www.timeanddate.com] I did find a nice webcam though, [link to www.virtualvernon.com] ...lots of Mountains. Then I found this [link to www.theweathernetwork.com] which would indicate the Time Zone is correct. IF you are using Time Zone -8 with DST, and, You don't have a Mountain in your way, Venus will rise on the 21st Bearing 058° T at 02:09. Your mileage may vary depending on Time Zones & Local Obstructions. You don't have that problem at Sea. You should call these people and tell them to add Venus to the list [link to www.theweathernetwork.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 22262530 Germany 08/20/2012 01:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | T BAR. Tell me the exact time I would see Venus come up in the night sky in Vernon BC.Canada I want the exact time in Vernon BC. Please settle this once and for all. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17070963 Location: Vernon, Canada Lat.: 50°14'53.00" N Long.: 119°19'50.00" W Magnetic Variation: 018° E Venus Az 57°21' - Alt 00° - 2012-08-21 - 09:07 UTC (GMT) Az 64°21' - Alt 05° - 2012-08-21 - 09:44 UTC (GMT) Az 70°38' - Alt 10° - 2012-08-21 - 10:18 UTC (GMT) Az 76°39' - Alt 15° - 2012-08-21 - 10:51 UTC (GMT) Az 82°31' - Alt 20° - 2012-08-21 - 11:23 UTC (GMT) Az 88°18' - Alt 25° - 2012-08-21 - 11:54 UTC (GMT) Times in UTC, please adjust to your time zone Since I don't know your surroundings, Az/Alt and times are calculated for sea level and unrestricted view to ENE. . |
BoxerLvr User ID: 883595 Puerto Rico 08/20/2012 02:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | T BAR. Tell me the exact time I would see Venus come up in the night sky in Vernon BC.Canada I want the exact time in Vernon BC. Please settle this once and for all. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17070963 Well, this place doesn't list your Time Zone [link to www.timeanddate.com] I did find a nice webcam though, [link to www.virtualvernon.com] ...lots of Mountains. Then I found this [link to www.theweathernetwork.com] which would indicate the Time Zone is correct. IF you are using Time Zone -8 with DST, and, You don't have a Mountain in your way, Venus will rise on the 21st Bearing 058° T at 02:09. Your mileage may vary depending on Time Zones & Local Obstructions. You don't have that problem at Sea. You should call these people and tell them to add Venus to the list [link to www.theweathernetwork.com] Here is the time for Vernon, BC, Canada --> [link to worldtimeengine.com] Redshift, Luminos, and SkySafari all show Venus rising from his location at the time you stated.....around 2:09am. Luminos, which downloads terrain maps, shows a lot of mountains to the east from his location and Venus not appearing over the mountains until almost 3am. 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 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 22034003 United Kingdom 08/20/2012 09:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | In Sydney Austalia....west over the mountains at 7pm there is huge star triangle.....another guy at work got his star map out and nothing comes up for it....about 10 of us are outside the same time every night and we seem to always discuss the stars and how we didn't see this a month or two ago. I will take a pic tomorrow night and post it on here Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22290896 Please don't let this be bullshit....can you give anymore details? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 21133300 United States 08/20/2012 09:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I saw the Triangle of the 3 really bright stars as well Friday night. I do not ever remember seeng them. They are a perfect equilateral triange. They were to the SW low to the horizon after sunset. Quoting: Xannixon I saw a triangle of three stars last month at the beach at night. One of them kept blinking in and out and another did maybe once or twice. And what else is weird is that I only noticed one of the stars at first and it was kind of bright. When I turned my head back to that spot probably after a minute two more were there that I didnt see and they would have been pretty noticeable where I saw them. |
TBar1984 (OP) User ID: 13725461 United States 08/20/2012 09:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Maybe its the combination of Mercury, Castor and Procyon making the triangle if its 'west' Quoting: Emc2 It was answered a while back. To the West, just after sunset: [link to astroblogger.blogspot.com] In Sydney Austalia....west over the mountains at 7pm there is huge star triangle.....another guy at work got his star map out and nothing comes up for it....about 10 of us are outside the same time every night and we seem to always discuss the stars and how we didn't see this a month or two ago. I will take a pic tomorrow night and post it on here Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22290896 Please don't let this be bullshit....can you give anymore details? I'll give you a hint. Two of the Three in that 'Triangle' are Planets. Planets usually don't appear in a 'star map' cause...they Move in relation to the Stars. The post again is here; [link to astroblogger.blogspot.com] And; [link to earthsky.org] |
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