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5am,low/mid in the south west sky

conman · 2008-11-29 05:29:22

hey all, i dont know anything really about astronomy, but im looking tonight in a southwest direction, and i can see a bright sparkly star/planet (not sure), its so very much brighter than anything else. and has been in the same spot, so ruling out meteors/comets and the like. can anyone fill me in on what it is? thank you…

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29-11-2008 6:29am

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conman

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hey all,

i dont know anything really about astronomy, but im looking tonight in a southwest direction, and i can see a bright sparkly star/planet (not sure),
its so very much brighter than anything else. and has been in the same spot, so ruling out meteors/comets and the like.

can anyone fill me in on what it is?

thank you kindly in advance.

Con

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#2 29-11-2008 4:06pm
SkepticOne

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I think most likely Sirius.

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#3 29-11-2008 4:33pm
tricky D

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Check the Interesting Links sticky

This site will tell you what's up there:

http://www.heavens-above.com/

http://www.heavens-above.com/skychart.aspx?SL=1&SN=1&lat=53.37841&lng=-6.07269&loc=Dublin&alt=150&tz=GMT
gives the current chart for Dublin.

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