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Strange light over Dublin North

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  • 12-04-2020 12:29am
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    bilbot79
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    There's a strange light beaming through the clouds from the north of Dublin. Kinda like the bat signal. Any idea what it is?


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    mad m
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    It’s Venus


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    bilbot79
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    No it's a long linear beam coming from the north. Has to be man made.


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    stryker mcqueen
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    Dublin airport beacon of light for front line workers


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    endacl
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    stryker mcqueen wrote: »
    Dublin airport beacon of light for front line workers

    Not alien-ey enough.


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    HeidiHeidi
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    stryker mcqueen wrote: »
    Dublin airport beacon of light for front line workers
    This. Shining from the new, enormous, ATC tower

    https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0411/1130022-shine-light-initiative/


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    bilbot79
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    You mean for frontline health workers? Kinda cool


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    The Oort Cloud
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    Unusual orange object in the north-east of the sky at between 20:45 and 21:00pm 11th April 2020. Did any one else see it?.

    thinking about the angle I would have been looking, it was north east in direction. The object was moving slowly but then moved over the Irish sea fast. The location of first observation was in swords north county Dublin.

    The below picture is a very close example of the object at twilight and the thing I saw didn't have the lens flare around the edges as you can see in the picture, it was quite vivid and in sharp contrast with the blue sky behind it, it was also a little higher up than the example picture shows. The lighting in this picture is as close to the light and object observed at the time.

    Any idea's folk's? Did you see anything like this earlier at twilight moving from the swords area on-towards the Irish sea north-easterly?.

    Individual people have different thoughts and understanding in regard to others opinions, but the problem is this... there are some people out there that will do everything in their power to cut you off when they do not like your opinion even when it is truth.

    https://youtu.be/v8EseBe4eIU



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    Pat Dunne
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    bilbot79 wrote: »
    You mean for frontline health workers? Kinda cool

    No it’s for all the Front Line Workers.
    The Supermarket and Shop Workers
    The Truck Drivers
    The Bus Drivers
    The Health Care Staff.
    Aer Lingus Staff.
    Everyone who is keeping our Country functioning, as close to normal as possible!


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    The Oort Cloud
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    Pat Dunne wrote: »
    No it’s for all the Front Line Workers.
    The Supermarket and Shop Workers
    The Truck Drivers
    The Bus Drivers
    The Health Care Staff.
    Aer Lingus Staff.
    Everyone who is keeping our Country functioning, as close to normal as possible!


    Why would any person bring politics/economics into an astronomy thread? :confused:

    Individual people have different thoughts and understanding in regard to others opinions, but the problem is this... there are some people out there that will do everything in their power to cut you off when they do not like your opinion even when it is truth.

    https://youtu.be/v8EseBe4eIU



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    MOH
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    The Oort Cloud wrote: »
    Any idea's folk's? Did you see anything like this earlier at twilight moving from the swords area on-towards the Irish sea north-easterly?.

    The orange thing? Looks like a kid in a T-shirt?

    Sorry. There were a load of Chinese Lanterns floating across the southside after 9pm, but I'm assuming you're talking about something bigger?


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    JCX BXC
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    The Oort Cloud wrote: »
    Why would any person bring politics/economics into an astronomy thread? :confused:

    What even......HOW is that post political....

    I'm dumbfounded


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    uck51js9zml2yt
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    The Oort Cloud wrote: »
    Unusual orange object in the north-east of the sky at between 20:45 and 21:00pm 11th April 2020. Did any one else see it?.

    thinking about the angle I would have been looking, it was north east in direction. The object was moving slowly but then moved over the Irish sea fast. The location of first observation was in swords north county Dublin.

    The below picture is a very close example of the object at twilight and the thing I saw didn't have the lens flare around the edges as you can see in the picture, it was quite vivid and in sharp contrast with the blue sky behind it, it was also a little higher up than the example picture shows. The lighting in this picture is as close to the light and object observed at the time.

    Any idea's folk's? Did you see anything like this earlier at twilight moving from the swords area on-towards the Irish sea north-easterly?.
    Why where you in a graveyard?


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    Pat Dunne
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    The Oort Cloud wrote: »
    Why would any person bring politics/economics into an astronomy thread? :confused:

    Who mentioned politics, apart from Yourself?
    I‘m simply been inclusive and not exclusive.


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    the_syco
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    Opal Brave Soloist wrote: »
    Why where you in a graveyard?
    The more important question; why did they use the flash on something a few thousand KM's away?


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    iLikeWaffles
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    Here's pictures of it in case anyone is wondering!? Definitely could be mistaken for the Bat light. :pac:

    510496.jpg

    510594.jpg


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    bilbot79
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    Good pictures


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    Bsal
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    Looks pretty cool from the tower

    https://twitter.com/IAApress/status/1251479510521954304?s=20


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    iLikeWaffles
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    bilbot79 wrote: »
    Good pictures

    Cheers only started taking proper pictures of the stars past week or so! Looking into it more and more it really is amazing to learn about and learning about the astronomy side of it to is also very gratifying, only discovering things. For instance last week I didn't even know how to locate Polaris. Venus has always intrigued me and I will be snapping that and the moon in a few days depending on the visibility that is.


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