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Something in eastern sky

  • 12-12-2014 11:40PM
    #1
    Robcool2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 122 ✭✭


    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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  • #2
    Iranoutofideas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Iranoutofideas


    Prepare your anus OP


  • #3
    Venus In Furs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭Venus In Furs


    Two weeks early this year?


  • #4
    The Adversary
    Closed Accounts Posts: 237 ✭✭The Adversary


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


  • #5
    Summer wind
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭Summer wind


    Get ready they are coming.


  • #6
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Chinese lantern, supposedly very common in these parts.


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  • #7
    Ghost Buster
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,172 ✭✭✭Ghost Buster


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


  • #8
    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


  • #9
    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,820 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    Superman.


  • #10
    rameire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,581 ✭✭✭rameire


    its sausages

    🌞 3.8kwp, 🌞 Clonee, Dub.🌞



  • #11
    rameire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,581 ✭✭✭rameire


    or the ISS

    🌞 3.8kwp, 🌞 Clonee, Dub.🌞



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  • #12
    rameire
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    or something else

    🌞 3.8kwp, 🌞 Clonee, Dub.🌞



  • #13
    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:


  • #14
    The Adversary
    Closed Accounts Posts: 237 ✭✭The Adversary


    Or nukes from Russia!!


  • #15
    delw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭delw


    Maybe theres some wise men following it :pac:


  • #16
    corner of hells
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,439 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »
    Superman.

    Not a chance , definitely Batman.


  • #17
    fryup
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    millennium falcon


  • #18
    branie2
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    The Starship Enterprise


  • #19
    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


  • #20
    The One Doctor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,322 ✭✭✭The One Doctor


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


  • #21
    pueblo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 728 ✭✭✭pueblo


    amazon delivery drone?


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  • #22
    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.


  • #23
    moxin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭moxin


    Red star? The commies are coming!


  • #24
    smcgiff
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    Santa doing a test run on his new H2O powered sled.


  • #25
    wretcheddomain
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    The Prophet Mohammad has returned!


  • #26
    NegativeCreep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,351 ✭✭✭NegativeCreep


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


  • #27
    corner of hells
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,439 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    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.


  • #28
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    It's me, I'll wave.


  • #29
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


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


  • #30
    SweetChaos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 306 ✭✭SweetChaos


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

    The moon does look strange tonight


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  • #31
    lazybones32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,647 ✭✭✭lazybones32


    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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