The bright star in our night sky..cannot be venus..what is it??, page 8


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reply posted on 5-10-2010 @ 09:16 PM by BRITWARRIOR
Maybe 3 years ago now all stars in my night sky 30miles north of london, Uk will do i guess i notest two very very bright stars on the horizon around 4am?

They was the brightest stars ive ever seen in my life, so much so i woke my brother up to look, they didn't rise while the moon did, since then ive notest this even brighter star follow the moon, its almost like its doing the same route/path, i can lay in bed of at night and watch it move at the same pace or in the same area of the sky all night, it does appear its getting much brighter, i have absolutly no idea what it is, i tryed stellertrum? what ever its called

I remeber the first time i see it actaully and everybody said it was mars?, but yeah if im honest this thing is really starting to bug me now, because IMHO and no im no expert or amature... clearly, but IMO this is the same object i have seen for 2-3 years now getting brighter & brighter

So first of all i was told mars after i could not find it on stelletrum thing, then it was venuse and now jupitar?

Seriously WTF?

I mean if you dig the archives here for simular topics WHY IS MARS VENUES & JUPITAR ALL GETTING BRIGHTER? in every thread same thing

Its mars its very bright... Ok cool thanks for that
its venues its very bright... Ok cool thanks for that
its jupitar its very bright... Ok cool thanks for that

As i said to me this is the same object for the past 2-3 years following the exact same path in the night sky as the moon and for me there is alway just 2 very bright objects in my night sky, the moon and what ever this is, sometimes it crosses the sky quicker than the moon sometimes just infront sometimes just trailing behind sometimes just left or jusr right of it??


reply posted on 5-10-2010 @ 09:18 PM by Phage
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The Sun, the Moon, and the planets all follow roughly the same path in the sky. That path is called the ecliptic.
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reply posted on 5-10-2010 @ 10:07 PM by Mr. D
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I would call it a star or a planet.
If it wasn't there the next night I would start to wonder.

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I understand that I'm asking if anyone has coordinates yet.


reply posted on 5-10-2010 @ 10:37 PM by BRITWARRIOR
Originally posted by Phage
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The Sun, the Moon, and the planets all follow roughly the same path in the sky. That path is called the ecliptic.
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Thanks for the reply Phage, i kinda thought this, i really didn't want to tangle with this one as i really have no idea with the heavens, but one last question if i may... well one or two

are they all getting brighter?

they certainly appear to be, i have a very good memory i certainly dont ever remember seeing a brighter star in the sky than this one, mars venue jupitar from the past 3 years if indeed they are different bodys?

to me as a kid i remember them all being as bright as each other and clear the north star always stood out of course and orions belt, didn't notise the planets in the sky till 3 years ago, always stars and much dimmer

llike i said in the above post, this is all i have been hearing/reading is on there brightness, could this be down to passing closer to the center of our galaxy? and getting tiny amounts more light from the cluster?

i hate being confused


reply posted on 5-10-2010 @ 10:42 PM by Phage
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Planets get brighter and dimmer. It depends on where they are in relationship to the Sun and the Earth. Jupiter for example, is the closest its been to Earth since 1963 so it is very bright. As time goes by it will get further away and dimmer.

Childhood memories can be deceptive. Polaris (the North Star), is not really particularly bright. It ranks around 50th in brightness and always has.
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reply posted on 5-10-2010 @ 11:00 PM by BRITWARRIOR
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They get brighter and dimmer. It depends on where they are in relationship to the Sun and the Earth. Jupiter for example, is the closest its been to Earth since 1963 so it is very bright. As time goes by it will get further away and dimmer.
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Yep i certainly can understand this

They cant all be at they're brightest right now tho right?,

So to my memory on here in order it was mars venues now jupitar and there all closer than before

I have just never seen a brighter object in the sky in my entire life, so i just wondered why they was the same brightness and ive only just notest them in the night sky 3yrs back,

1963 I have deffo never seen jupitar this bright then,

thanks for your time


reply posted on 5-10-2010 @ 11:49 PM by woogleuk
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As far as planets are concerned, at the moment it is like this:

VENUS starts off low in the SW sky at sunset, magnitude -4.8, making it the brightest of the planets. By the end of twilight it will have set, by mid month you wont see it, and by the end of the month it will make its appearence at sunrise.

MARS is low in the SW and quite far away, at only magnitude +1.5, so it's quite faint (for Mars).

JUPITER is the second brightest at the moment, as it is at its closest, starting in the east and moving south shining at a bright -2.8 magnitude, nearby to its left is the dim +5.7 Magnitude URANUS, and it will be all month.

All the rest are either hiding behind the sun, or not bright enough to count, lol.

The one everyone is seeing by the moon is JUPITER!!! Yes it has been there for sometime it takes 12 YEARS to orbit the sun, from our perspective it moves VERY SLOWLY!
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reply posted on 6-10-2010 @ 06:51 AM by Pilgrum
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Seems you're trying to sensationalise something that's really very ordinary, predictable even.

Where I live is about 1/2 way between the equator and the south pole so the sun (& moon) for me always rise in the northeast and set in the northwest, less so and reaching a higher altitude at midday in summer. If viewing from about the same latitude (but north of the equator) you'll see a mirror image of what I see because the horizon you see is actually tilted some 90 degrees compared to mine. Nothing unusual there as it's been going on longer than humans have been here to observe it.

Let me make a prediction: If you're in the northeast China (45 degrees north) area on March 26 2012 at 6PM you'll see another instance of the crescent moon together with Venus and Jupiter and they'll be lined up vertically with Venus at the top, moon in the middle (crescent down and a little to the right) and Jupiter at the bottom. I'll see it too but only briefly after sunset (before Jupiter sets) and, for me, the alignment won't be as straight and will be near horizontal. Unfortunately for Europe and North America it will happen during the day.


reply posted on 6-10-2010 @ 07:18 AM by LeoVirgo
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Tilt does change, its a seasonal thing. This does cause the moon to look like its smiling or has horns.

Its nothing abnormal or new. Just research it. Your taking things and running with them. Its poor conduct.

Its defiantly not in any way showing a 90 degree tilt or polar shift. Why all the hoopla?
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