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Something in eastern sky

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  • 12-12-2014 11:40pm
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    Robcool2
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    Appears like a red star , very low in the sky. It's pretty much in line under Jupiter but a lot closer to the horizon. Don't think it's an airplane as it doesn't flash and it's a solid orange light. It also moves horizontally. Any ideas ?


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    Iranoutofideas
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    Prepare your anus OP


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    #3
    Venus In Furs
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    Two weeks early this year?


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    The Adversary
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    I saw that earlier on. I thought it was a shooting star.


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    Summer wind
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    Get ready they are coming.


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    Banjo String
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    Chinese lantern, supposedly very common in these parts.


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    Ghost Buster
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    The ISS is due to pass over this evening. Prob that.


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    Karl Stein
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    Probably Mars. Mars has a red hue. Venus has a blueish hue.


    Edit: Just went out and took a look at it with the binoculars. I don't think it's Mars. It probably had a red hue because you were looking at it when it was just above the eastern horizon i.e. atmospheric distortion of light.

    Edit 2:

    It's Jupiter I think.
    Bright Jupiter from mid-evening until dawn all month. Jupiter – the second-brightest planet after Venus – rises before midnight (roughly 10 p.m. early December; 8 p.m. by the month’s end).

    After it rises, it’s unmistakeable, shining as the sky’s brightest starlike object throughout the night until dawn breaks.

    earthsky.org


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    Sir Osis of Liver.
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    Superman.


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    rameire
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    its sausages

    🌞 3.8kwp, 🌞 Split 2.28S, 1.52E. 🌞 Clonee, Dub.🌞



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    rameire
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    or the ISS

    🌞 3.8kwp, 🌞 Split 2.28S, 1.52E. 🌞 Clonee, Dub.🌞



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    rameire
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    or something else

    🌞 3.8kwp, 🌞 Split 2.28S, 1.52E. 🌞 Clonee, Dub.🌞



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    Banjo String
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    Ghost Buster wrote: »
    The ISS is due to pass over this evening. Prob that.

    They passed a few weeks ago. Last spotted in Jobstown :pac:


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    The Adversary
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    Or nukes from Russia!!


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    delw
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    Maybe theres some wise men following it :pac:


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    corner of hells
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    Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »
    Superman.

    Not a chance , definitely Batman.


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    fryup
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    millennium falcon


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    branie2
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    The Starship Enterprise


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    Littlekittylou
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    Robcool2 wrote: »
    Appears like a red star , very low in the sky. It's pretty much in line under Jupiter but a lot closer to the horizon. Don't think it's an airplane as it doesn't flash and it's a solid orange light. It also moves horizontally. Any ideas ?
    Transit of Callisto in front of Jupiter? Just hypothesizing.:o


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    The One Doctor
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    Chinese lantern. It's always a Chinese lantern. Even when it's not.


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    pueblo
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    amazon delivery drone?


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    Littlekittylou
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    Littlekittylou wrote: »
    Transit of Callisto in front of Jupiter? Just hypothesizing.:o
    I think it is really actually Callisto in transit.


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    moxin
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    Red star? The commies are coming!


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    smcgiff
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    Santa doing a test run on his new H2O powered sled.


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    wretcheddomain
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    The Prophet Mohammad has returned!


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    NegativeCreep
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    Has anyone noticed that the moon has a corner missing tonight? Why's that?


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    corner of hells
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    Littlekittylou wrote: »
    I think it is really actually Callisto in transit.

    No , its in a transporter , a VW transporter.
    Those transits aren't up to much over distance.


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    Ruu
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    It's me, I'll wave.


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    RayM
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    Red, you say? Rudolph's nose, probably.


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    SweetChaos
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    http://www.nightskyhunter.com/Sky%20Events%20Now.html

    The moon does look strange tonight


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    lazybones32
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    Robcool2 wrote: »
    Appears like a red star , very low in the sky. It's pretty much in line under Jupiter but a lot closer to the horizon. Don't think it's an airplane as it doesn't flash and it's a solid orange light. It also moves horizontally. Any ideas ?

    Boards is full of comedians, huh?

    Someone mentioned a lantern and from a distance, they can appear to be a 'moving star'. Got caught out with one of them a few years ago.


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