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anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?

 
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anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
I am in Reston Virginia. There is an incredibly bright object very close to the moon. No stars anywhere around. Lots of cloud cover. But this thing is bright. Anyone seeing it? Never seen anything that right that close to the Moon before...
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
Probably just a planet.
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
Jupiter
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
I see it here in wny also. I guess it's Jupiter.
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
Jupiter
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
did Jupiter finally ignite?
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
Its venus
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
I am here in florida and actually came here to see if anyone else was seeing it as well. Been there with it since dusk and has been moving with the moon this entire time. Once I get home I want to take our high powered scoop out and look closer
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
Neat
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
I see it every night. I'm in rural central alabama...
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
Its venus
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 63644694


it's always Venus

you know what is fixing to happen


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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
Here is a picture of the img I took of it
[link to imgur.com]
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
Here is a picture of the img I took of it
[link to imgur.com]
 Quoting: memccool 35711936


Im in NC, I see exact same thing. justy to confirm what op sees. I dont know if it fucking belongs there or not. call astroturfguy
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
Jupiter.

Very cool looking too.
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
im in WV and came here to see if anyone knows what the heck it is. Kinda makes me nervous....hiding
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
It's Jupiter, and this happens to be the day that Earth is closest to it so it looks very bright. Enjoy it, don't be stressed about it!
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
Yep, just across the Potomac in MD and its really bright. Ive been seeing something i just assumed was a planet or the ISS in that part of the sky around 6:30 AM every morning. Just never noticed these things before.
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
It's Jupiter, and this happens to be the day that Earth is closest to it so it looks very bright. Enjoy it, don't be stressed about it!
 Quoting: FoShizzle

drama
cool ty
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
love this moon thread.
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
I can confirm! I'm in Georgia and didn't know if it had been there before. That's pretty cool :-)
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
[link to earthsky.org]


guess what

it is not Venus

it is Jupiter
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
Jupiter
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18781417


clappa


I have Stellarium (free software) which shows it plain as day.
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
I noticed it too....CT..
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
It's called a planet...
"The syntactical nature of reality, the real secret of magic, is that the world is made of words. And if you know the words that the world is made of, you can make of it whatever you wish."

~ Terence McKenna
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
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guess what

it is not Venus

it is Jupiter
 Quoting: Ice


Ohhhhh great. Ruin everything with facts. LoL
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
Jupiter
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18781417


clappa


I have Stellarium (free software) which shows it plain as day.
 Quoting: Mountainman15

blahblah5
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
[link to astronomynow.com (secure)]


All four of Jupiter’s large Galilean moons — Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto — are also well presented tonight. While you’re looking for the GRS, note that moons Io and Europa pass each other at 8:09pm GMT, separated by just three arcseconds. The changing relative positions of the moons will be fascinating to watch at high powers — if seeing permits, naturally.

On a personal note, my son thought it was the moon's moon
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
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guess what

it is not Venus

it is Jupiter
 Quoting: Ice


Ohhhhh great. Ruin everything with facts. LoL
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 35687661


but Jupiter is pushing the moon closer to the earth

and it is the 21st of the 3 month

in 2016

1 + 6 = 7

20 - 7 = 13

and you know what that means

:polkjuuuyh:
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
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guess what

it is not Venus

it is Jupiter
 Quoting: Ice


Ohhhhh great. Ruin everything with facts. LoL
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 35687661


but Jupiter is pushing the moon closer to the earth

and it is the 21st of the 3 month

in 2016

1 + 6 = 7

20 - 7 = 13

and you know what that means

:polkjuuuyh:
 Quoting: Ice

SHIT!

crawls under the bed
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
Just a large bird that flew too close to the surface.

Happens all the time.
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Re: anyone in Virginia seeing mega bright object very close to moon?
Jupiter
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18781417


Same here in Ohio not that bright though so I agree Jupiter.





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