I was just noticing how visible the milky way is from my new house last night. It's rare the we get a clear evening in florida this time of year; we're still getting socked with late afternoon thunderstorms which is why the shuttle is having a hard time coming back.

[edit on 11-9-2009 by ngchunter]

Does anyone know what the overly large white and blue object is that cuts across the sky every night starts on the horizon at about 1900 and ends about 0300, I live in Memphis TN. I get everything from Venus and Jupiter to Pluto...when I pull out the telescope it is just too bright to make out. When I tracked down Jupiter and Venus you can make them out clearly with the telescope and yet this object is easily 5 or 6 times the size as one of those planets. Mind you it has kept on this exact time schedule of rotation for close to 2 years now, not moved in off that rotation one inch.

[edit on 11-9-2009 by Aziroth]