Yes I am also an avid Nightsky watcher and I must say living in the Southern Hemisphere (Australia) this Star which I though was Venus is very bright from here as well.

I got a 5inch newtonian telescope recently and i have just had my first clear view of jupiter thanks to the clear night sky here in manchester city UK. I could see two darker lines running through a perfect circle just above and below its equator. Plus i seen a few shooting stars one leaving a nice firey redish orange trail............keep looking to the heavens people who knows what you'll see next.

i think i know what star you talking about i live in nyc also... its like the only one visible to me thats how bright it is. in the night sky all u can see is the moon n this one star from where i em sometimes i just see that star alone and its pretty bright. i dont know why but its really the one and only star out there from my view so u can understand how bright it is

It's a planet, likely to be either Venus or Mars as they become very bright.

Generally as a rule of thumb any star that is bright and low on the horizon and not moving past at a decent rate will be a planet.

Must say the whole niburu thing is getting out of hand, first we can't see it now people speculate its a bright star?! What next....

Anyways peace out folks.

Originally posted by Reality..
i think i know what star you talking about i live in nyc also... its like the only one visible to me thats how bright it is. in the night sky all u can see is the moon n this one star from where i em sometimes i just see that star alone and its pretty bright. i dont know why but its really the one and only star out there from my view so u can understand how bright it is

yes exactly, its so bright it can shine though clouds..

but this makes me wonder..

tonight ive got no star...

although here is clouds the star should be visible...

can anybody outthere who have noticed it check to see if its outthere tonight?

I've noticed it as well. It can't be a star because it doesn't twinkle, then it has to be either a moon or a planet because of their reflected white light they give off. But then again I have no idea what it could be . Maybe it could a really close star ( By close I mean close in comparison to the distance between regular stars we see in the sky that are probably thousands or millions of light years away). Did anyone check this out on NASA's website? If its not in their website and never hear about it while the star gets brighter each day it could mean NASA is hiding something. So if they are hiding something then it means its too extreme to reveal to the public. Lol



Love and light

I saw this today from Times UK:

If you have a clear southern horizon, then one target in July’s night sky stands out; the giant planet Jupiter shining at magnitude -2.7 among the stars of Sagittarius. Rising at 10pm BST at the start of the month (and at 7.50pm at the end of it) the planet reaches opposition on the 9th. As a result, it is visible all night long, although the low altitude will prevent observers based in Britain from seeing the planet clearly.

I have also been seeing this in the sky for a while now wondering what it was. I live in northern california and for the last couple weeks all we can see is smoke in the sky but at night you can see the moon and this star, nothing else. I was thinking it must be the iss. Always the same white color never fluctuates that I have seen and I can't say it has gotten closer over the last few months looks about the same to me.

i have also been seeing this star. At first it was right next to the moon and very very bright, bright enough for me to kind of wonder what star it was... it wasn't the northern star. I live in Manitoba and it usually pops up around 9 or 10 central time. The brightest in the sky no doubt about it. I have also noticed that it has been getting brighter.

Quite amazing.
I looked at the sky tonight, but no luck mostly because it just rained and it was cloudy, real cloudy. Ill have a look tommorow after I get back from the dentist.

i never jumped to any conclusion just never seen it few years ago just this year but im not saying its anything just always wondered what planet or star it was. i actually thought about getting a telescope to see it a bit better but dont know anything about telescopes and which ones are good lol. yea im guessing it was amazing when you seen it and its moons. what programs did you guys use by the way?