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What Planet / Star Is This?




Topic started on 23-11-2007 @ 03:27 AM by elevatedone


Good morning,

It's 4:25 am here in NW Ohio on a chilly Friday. I head outside to warm up my car, so I can take the wife Christmas shopping and as always, I look up into the sky and wow, it's beautiful.

In the Eastern sky, not too high up, there it was. The brightest object in the sky this morning - well next to the moon that is.

Shinning very brilliant white, looks almost like it's flickering.

What am I seeing?



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reply posted on 23-11-2007 @ 03:37 AM by Beachcoma


Venus seems to fit the description. The following table seems to confirm the timing as well:


Venus

CHAMBERSBURG, OHIO
Location: W 82°11'24.0", N38°40'48.0", 0m
(Longitude referred to Greenwich meridian)

Time Zone: 5h 00m west of Greenwich

Date Rise Az. Transit Alt. Set Az.
(Zone)
h m ° h m ° h m °
2007 Nov 23 (Fri) 03:34 95 09:23 47S 15:11 264
2007 Nov 24 (Sat) 03:36 96 09:23 46S 15:10 264
2007 Nov 25 (Sun) 03:38 96 09:23 46S 15:09 263
2007 Nov 26 (Mon) 03:39 97 09:24 46S 15:08 263
2007 Nov 27 (Tue) 03:41 97 09:24 45S 15:07 262


Rise/Set/Transit Times for Major Solar System Bodies and Bright Stars



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reply posted on 23-11-2007 @ 08:39 AM by musselwhite


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I also looked up at the night sky in Georgia about 11 PM and watched the beautiful star and the vivid colors.

Could this be the same star?



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reply posted on 23-11-2007 @ 08:45 AM by Essan


Yes, definitely Venus - unmistakeable atm, high in the eastern sky before dawn



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reply posted on 23-11-2007 @ 09:36 AM by paraclete1



Originally posted by musselwhite
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I also looked up at the night sky in Georgia about 11 PM and watched the beautiful star and the vivid colors.

Could this be the same star?


Musselwhite, I believe the object you're looking at is Jupiter. But without seeing it myself, I couldn't swear to it.



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reply posted on 23-11-2007 @ 09:40 AM by musselwhite


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This star appeared to be closer to earth than the other stars. It was simply beautiful.



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reply posted on 23-11-2007 @ 10:55 AM by paraclete1


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I think I know what you mean. About two months ago, I was making rounds about 4 in the morning and saw Venus. I looked at it for about 5 minutes thinking if was an airplane on approach. I even saw another airplane turn on it's landing light and I would have bet money that Venus was in front of the airplane. I can understand how someone might think it was a UFO. Since then, I've been watching Venus and Mars most everynight at work. They are wonderful to look at. While I don't mind cloudy days, I hate cloudy nights.



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reply posted on 23-11-2007 @ 05:04 PM by Beachcoma



Originally posted by paraclete1
Musselwhite, I believe the object you're looking at is Jupiter. But without seeing it myself, I couldn't swear to it.


Jupiter is rising at 9 am and setting at 7pm in Georgia this time of the year (from the link I gave). Meaning it's in the sky during the day. Saturn is out in the night, rising at 12.30 am, peaking after dawn.

Musselwhite, you've got to give a more detailed description if we're ever to tell you with any degree of certainty what you might have seen. Which position is it in the sky, North, East, South, West? At roughly what angle? How high up is it when you saw it? How bright is it in relation to the other objects? Does it twinkle a lot or is more or less steady with the occasional flicker?



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reply posted on 23-11-2007 @ 05:21 PM by thesun


most probably venus, it looks so beautiful in the morning.



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reply posted on 24-11-2007 @ 06:40 AM by timelike


The object you saw was the planet Venus. Have a look it through binoculars and see if you can make out the phase.



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