STEREO March 25th 2011 - **HUGE Object Near SUN**

WOW....

Images here: stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov...
What the Dickens is that?

It even seems to have wings at times!

reply to post by watchZEITGEISTnow

It even seems to have wings at times!

Thats because its a bird !

Nah, looks kool S&F for the find

First of all, the images are from STEREO Ahead, not SOHO.

Originally posted by watchZEITGEISTnow
Images here: stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov...
What the Dickens is that?

Venus
stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov...

It even seems to have wings at times!

That's because Venus is bright, so it induces CCD blooming on the Cor2 detector.

reply to post by ngchunter


Oh thanks for the SOHO STEREO correction...(I'll fix that)

VENUS???? Are you serious???

This thing is HUGE man!

more than likely its the space station,

SPACE STATION TRANSIT: The sunspot number briefly doubled yesterday (March 23rd) when a spaceship-shaped silhouette flitted across the sun.

space station transit

from spaceweather.com

It seriously looks like a winged planetoid to me...

Venus - Mars - Mercury all are far too small for this big boy - it also moves very strangely.

I also think the ISS is not so huge - or shaped that way....

reply to post by watchZEITGEISTnow


It is planet sized and closer to us than the sun is.

This makes it look far larger with respect to the sun.

Very nice and thank you for posting. Research is required now to identify object rather than making assumptions.

reply to post by chr0naut


and zee "wings"?

yall are talking about that shiny thing in the lower left corner of the screen right?

just wondering

reply to post by NISMOALTI


yes!

The 'wings' are the one thing that really made my eyes pop! And the way it moves...

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Originally posted by watchZEITGEISTnow
reply to post by ngchunter

 

Oh thanks for the SOHO STEREO correction...(I'll fix that)

VENUS???? Are you serious???

This thing is HUGE man!

How did you determine the size? Are you aware that you're seeing it as a point-like light source, the camera is not resolving it, thus you can't judge the size based on how large it appears in the image (all that tells you is the brightness)? And yes, it's Venus, it's exactly where Venus should be in the image.

reply to post by watchZEITGEISTnow


You need to open your mind a bit and realise you're seeing 3 dimensional objects on a 2 dimensional picture.

You'll probably be blown away when Jupiter moves into view, because it can appear smaller than Venus does despite being many, many times larger!

I thank you all for the info - I just don't see how Venus can be this big - and the 'wings'?

I've never seen Venus like this before?

It moves like a weird mofo too - it just 'feels' like it is something else...

Originally posted by watchZEITGEISTnow
I thank you all for the info - I just don't see how Venus can be this big

Again, you're not seeing the size, you're seeing the brightness. Venus is very, very bright.

it prob. is Venice but why would it seem to have wings

Originally posted by NISMOALTI
it prob. is Venice but why would it seem to have wings

CCD blooming. Venus is quite bright.

If it's as big as you think wouldn't that rule out a spaceship by all imaginable logic?

Originally posted by Phage
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stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov...

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All the information needed is in this post.

Its Venus, and much closer to the Stereo camera than the Sun.