light over Bristol (approx) now

Light over bristol right now - 11.25pm

would be north bristol I'd guess.

orange appearance.
could it be a planet?

might be a bit paranoid now as I saw something 1hour ago and startes the thread
www.abovetopsecret.com...

seems quite stationary its' just the appearance & colour which is odd

hasn't moved in 5 minutes

could be a planet but I don't know.
Just seems and appears odd. quite bright and yellow/orange.

could be a bit paranoid as I said/ or excited!

get a photo/video QUICK!

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Have only got a crappy camera phone, but

no excuses, it has risen slightly now. I guess it's one of the planets, I just freaked out for a moment after seeing something earlier.
It's still there anyway, and I guess it's a planet.

Will see if I can find a website with the positions of such heavenly bodies and report back in a bit - probably with an apology!

its NOT a planet as the planetary axis is South, theres Jupiter which is South but as you say this thing is North then it rules that out.

btw best website for planetary/satellite positions is Heavens-Above.
Free registery and simply enter your location and select "sky chart" from the options list.

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Hi, get yourself on over to the Stellarium download page, install it and enter your location. It`s free and gives you all the heavenly bodies in real time at a glance, to compare with what you are seeing. It`s brilliant

Almost got excited.
My brother lives in Bristol.
TENNESSEE
Glad you have your location entered.

Just looked up on a starmap website

could just be mercury - so sorry all! oops

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what I'm looking at would be approx East/south east of me, so could be mercury?

anyway, sorry everyone. I dropped a bo**ock! happens to us all!

its not Mercury as that planet rises with the Sun at 5.40am.

If its East-SouthEast then its Jupiter

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jupiter not mercury?
same horse, different jockey!

I couldn't read off the starmap too well. anyway, looks like it prob is a PLANET, so once again sorry all!

Lol well its good to know people are looking out at the skies anyway, and as your looking at Jupiter through the pollutant air tonight just think of the 1/2 sized Earth impact crater which is currently still there after Asteroid/Cometary debris hit the planet just some 12 hours ago.

Originally posted by ROBL240
Lol well its good to know people are looking out at the skies anyway, and as your looking at Jupiter through the pollutant air tonight just think of the 1/2 sized Earth impact crater which is currently still there after Asteroid/Cometary debris hit the planet just some 12 hours ago.

What what!!!, didn't hear anything about this.I didn't realize there was an asteroid heading towards it...