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Bright star

  • 18-09-2012 5:54am
    #1
    ootbitb
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    extremely bright light in sky this morning SSE.

    Curiosity made me post.


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  • #2
    Kersh
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    ootbitb wrote: »
    extremely bright light in sky this morning SSE.

    Curiosity made me post.


    Venus I reckon you were looking at. :)


  • #3
    Mr Benevolent
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    Venus, the strangest and most hostile planet in the system.


  • #4
    MoodeRator
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    ootbitb wrote: »
    extremely bright light in sky this morning SSE.

    Curiosity made me post.

    Do you have an android phone by any chance? If so, then Google Sky Map is perfect for you!


  • #5
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    sure it wasnt mars?


  • #6
    namloc1980
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    im invisible wrote: »
    sure it wasnt mars?

    Definitely Venus...Mars isn't visible in the morning sky, it's currently just visible at sunset


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  • #7
    MoodeRator
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    ootbitb wrote: »
    extremely bright light in sky this morning SSE.

    Curiosity made me post.

    I think it is Mercury:) But Saturn (to the SW) and Venus (to the NE of the Sun) are not too fa away either.


  • #8
    kerry4sam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    MoodeRator wrote: »
    Do you have an android phone by any chance? If so, then Google Sky Map is perfect for you!

    +1 on the Google Sky Map app. It has answered a few questions for me since I downloaded it :)


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