The bright star in our night sky..cannot be venus..what is it??, page 10
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reply posted on 7-10-2010 @ 11:20 AM by Khaaaaaan!!
reply to post by theAymen


I have to admit, I can sometimes see something simular to what you describe. If I look straight up at vega, then find the constelations Draco cepheus & vulpecula, then I will find what I call the satilite super highway.

In that area a lot of satilites travel from north to south. There is one in particular, that looks to me like a huge mirror pane. If I watch it, I can see it flipping and shining brightly every few seconds. Sometimes If I catch it just right it looks like a stationary star that flares bright, then moves and goes dim. If clouds are out it will look like it just dissapeared, but if it is clear then I can see it tracking towards the south flipping and shining in intervals.

I don't know what it is because it doesn't show up on sat tracking sites, but that doesn't bother me. I'm sure there is plenty of "our" stuff not officially listed.


reply posted on 7-10-2010 @ 11:57 AM by Khaaaaaan!!
reply to post by nataylor


Yep that's it...........I take it i'm looking at a long exposure from your camera and I'm seeing the sat flare up and go dim in the same shot?.............nice!!


reply posted on 7-10-2010 @ 12:34 PM by nataylor
reply to post by Khaaaaaan!!


Yup, that was a 28-second shot. It was my first attempt to capture an Iridium Flare. I'll probably try again soon. It's just too hot and muggy to do it during the summer here in the Houston area.


reply posted on 7-10-2010 @ 05:27 PM by Chamberf=6
Originally posted by theAymen
reply to post by LeoVirgo


one day you will see it trust me....its also brighter than venus or jupitor


Yet you now finally agree it IS JupitEr?



reply posted on 9-10-2010 @ 10:03 PM by smurfy
Originally posted by nataylor
Originally posted by theAymen
see what i mean...nasa say it happens twice a year but your explanation makes much, much more sence.
it could only mean that the earths wobble is getting bigger...it might actually flip - north becomes south...south becomes north...but how will we know...deep!
If the axial tilt of the earth was changing at any noticeable rate, the equatorially-measured altitude of everything in the sky would change. I guarantee Polaris is always going to be at the same altitude during your life time.

Yes, the tilt does "wobble" (properly referred to as precession), but it does so over the course of millennia. And it will never charge suddenly, baring some catastrophic outside force, like a massive asteroid impact.
Or perhaps the Earth's rotation slowing down, (and it is slowing down) to some point where the wobble becomes out of control from unequal magnetic forces at the poles, plus the interaction with the Sun's magnetism and all the other planets dynamics and all cosmic events. That leaves the odds on against the Earth as being a habitable place even long before the Sun starts expanding outwards.


reply posted on 9-10-2010 @ 10:17 PM by nataylor
Originally posted by smurfy
Originally posted by nataylor
Originally posted by theAymen
see what i mean...nasa say it happens twice a year but your explanation makes much, much more sence.
it could only mean that the earths wobble is getting bigger...it might actually flip - north becomes south...south becomes north...but how will we know...deep!
If the axial tilt of the earth was changing at any noticeable rate, the equatorially-measured altitude of everything in the sky would change. I guarantee Polaris is always going to be at the same altitude during your life time.

Yes, the tilt does "wobble" (properly referred to as precession), but it does so over the course of millennia. And it will never charge suddenly, baring some catastrophic outside force, like a massive asteroid impact.
Or perhaps the Earth's rotation slowing down, (and it is slowing down) to some point where the wobble becomes out of control from unequal magnetic forces at the poles, plus the interaction with the Sun's magnetism and all the other planets dynamics and all cosmic events. That leaves the odds on against the Earth as being a habitable place even long before the Sun starts expanding outwards.
The main point is, none of this is going to happen in the lifespan of a person. Even small changes in axial tilt of the earth would be immediately obvious.


reply posted on 30-10-2010 @ 12:55 AM by Pilgrum
reply to post by woogleuk


Absolutely

I just raised the issue again because the next couple of weeks leaves Jupiter as the only possibility which narrows it down somewhat while Venus transits between us and Sol


reply posted on 30-10-2010 @ 02:05 AM by Phage
reply to post by Pilgrum

There will be a whole new round of sightings.
Sirius is in the sky.
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