Bright Star-like object in night sky, page 4

I just found a great web site. It has an interactive star-chart.
www.neave.com...
You tell it your location and you get to set the time and interact with. You will then know what you are seeing is Venus or not.

Originally posted by fixer1967
I just found a great web site. It has an interactive star-chart.
www.neave.com...
You tell it your location and you get to set the time and interact with. You will then know what you are seeing is Venus or not.

Not the best around, but good enough. I believe that confirms the Stellarium render. The planets are in the house. Venus is the brightest and the last to go to bed.

WG3

If Venus was supposed to recede, why is it that I still see this really bright star every night? In different positions too, but usually remaining in a stationary orbit. From dusk to dawn, ALL NIGHT LONG.

This star is so incredibly bright and continues to increase. I just noticed last night that this star has become EVEN brighter.

I have seen multiples of these too, some nights there will be 2, some nights there will be 3. Same size, etc.

I was even lucky enough to see this "star" transverse over the Detroit River as I and my friends were walking along the riverside. I held my tongue in fear of ridicule but as soon as the "star" crossed over into Canada and disappeared, I noticed that a bunch of other smaller "stars" began to move and I shouted look to my friends!

The big "star" returned to it's usual stationary orbit, but I know I seen it move...

Here are some photos:

i28.tinypic.com...
tinypic.com...
tinypic.com...

Here is a good one:

i29.tinypic.com...

What the hell is this thing? No way can this be Venus. Venus doesn't move across the Detroit River into Windsor.

[edit on 25-8-2009 by Troy_]

reply to post by Troy_

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Glad someone is still out there I definitely do not buy that this thing is a star. I have pics too...I'll try to post them once I figure out how.

reply to post by starsyren

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No, I doubt this is Jupiter. Does Jupiter just freely travel across the Detroit river in an instant? To disappear and reappear in its usual stationary position? To have other, smaller star like objects move in its presence? To emit its own light so powerful that it only makes you wonder in awe?

Really?

reply to post by Troy_

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I don't believe starsyren was talking to you Troy.

Starsyren was obviously referring to the post by glad_to_be_his.

To glad_to_be_his.....that could definitely be Jupiter you are seeing. It would be in the southeast at 10:15.



And almost due south at 2AM

Could it be the ISS? This is now the second brightest thing in the night sky, since it's had its little upgrade.

www.universetoday.com...

It's been there from late March.

reply to post by Boognish

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I'll gladly accept the fact that it is Jupiter. How long would it be visible over any one location? I did mention before about the apparent movement (bouncing), what would cause that? I can accept that it would be just an illusion, maybe caused by breathing or barely detectable moves your body may make. Interesting thing is my mom and I both observed this for the first time together and sat and watched it for about an hour and we both noticed the same movements at the same time. Like you would be staring at it and it would suddleny drop and then appear to "right itself."

OK, this picture was captured from a video shot of the object (it is rough, I didn't even realize I could take a higher resolution video at the time :puz






I took the stills with flash so the pictures of the object don't show up much at all (which is why I posted the first pic from a video capture - so you could get an idea of the brightness). This next picture is a still taken of the light and I realize it is very hard to see but I wanted to post it for reference to the third....I tried to zoon in on it a bit so you could see it better.





Finally this third pic is simply the second with the tone curve manipulated to make the image stand out a little better. I hope these come out, I am totally horrible at doing this stuff. ....at any rate doesn't look like a planet to me at all.

reply to post by glad_to_be_His

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The bouncing you describe could indeed be an illusion. It could be caused by many things like breathing, subtle head movements, tree branches, etc...

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by how long would Jupiter be visible over any one location (Are you saying the object doesn't move at all over the course of the night?). But right now, Jupiter should be visible pretty much from dusk til dawn.

Jupiter appears low in a southeast direction just after dark (9:30CST). As the night goes on Jupiter will move up in the sky and west until it reaches it's peak height (about 45 degrees), due south at 12:30 AM CST. From there it will move lower in the sky and farther west until about 5AM CST when it will disappear under the southwest horizon.

You haven't yet mentioned in what direction you are seeing this object in. But if you are seeing only one very bright object that moves slowly from the SE to the SW. That is Jupiter. If you are seeing 2 or more very bright objects in that area; one of them is Jupiter and the others are something else.

The only way to be able to know for sure if what you are seeing is Jupiter is for you to be able to locate it for yourself. I would start with that. I don't see anything unusual in your pictures you posted. I would say they are inconclusive. But it's not your fault; most pics of stars/planets taken with a standard camera are inconclusive and look exactly like yours.

reply to post by Boognish

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Thanks for taking the time to reply Boognish. I am sorry I can't be more technical with this but I don't know much in this area (other than I can find the Big Dipper) and I just don't have the time right now to educate myself. It took me hours just to get the pictures up.

What I meant by how long is it visible was how long would it take to trail across the sky, which you answered. Thank you. Honestly it is hard to tell how long it is visible as I live in a hilly, crowded area and the rooftops block my view of it until around 10:00ish. Pretty cool though. The video is much nicer as you can see the colors change and a sort of rotation in the video. Too big for me to post here though. Cheers.

Edit: Just wanted to add that this "object" is indeed moving roughly SE to SW....and it travels very much alone

[edit on 26-8-2009 by glad_to_be_His]

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