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What planet ?

  • 02-08-2020 9:50am
    #1
    bobbyss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,263 ✭✭✭


    About 4am quite low in the sky. East or maybe north east. I thought ' what the hell is that?' Looked like a satellite. Much much bigger than any star. Looked much nearer as well. Morning of Aug 2. Any ideas?
    Couldn't find any astronomy forum.


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  • #2
    EIDW
    Registered Users Posts: 69 ✭✭EIDW


    bobbyss wrote: »
    About 4am quite low in the sky. East or maybe north east. I thought ' what the hell is that?' Looked like a satellite. Much much bigger than any star. Looked much nearer as well. Morning of Aug 2. Any ideas?
    Couldn't find any astronomy forum.
    Venus?


  • #3
    cdeb
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,265 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    https://touch.boards.ie/forum/267

    After Hours will just tell you it's Uranus


  • #4
    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,095 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    Yeah, Venus. It’s the third brightest object in the sky (after the Sun and the Moon).


  • #5
    frag420
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,158 ✭✭✭frag420


    bobbyss wrote: »
    About 4am quite low in the sky. East or maybe north east. I thought ' what the hell is that?' Looked like a satellite. Much much bigger than any star. Looked much nearer as well. Morning of Aug 2. Any ideas?
    Couldn't find any astronomy forum.

    Your anus...:P


  • #6
    touts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,536 ✭✭✭touts


    The way 2020 is going it can only be Nibiru


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  • #7
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,550 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058094635


  • #8
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    bobbyss wrote: »
    About 4am quite low in the sky. East or maybe north east. I thought ' what the hell is that?' Looked like a satellite. Much much bigger than any star. Looked much nearer as well. Morning of Aug 2. Any ideas?
    Couldn't find any astronomy forum.

    Get yourself something like Sky Map, point your phone at said planet, and it'll tell you.


  • #9
    bobbyss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,263 ✭✭✭bobbyss


    frag420 wrote: »
    Your anus...:P

    I could have split my side laughing at this joke. Totally unexpected and original.


  • #10
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,656 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Don't know if anyone said this yet, but I think it was Ur Anus.


  • #11
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,767 ✭✭✭Pinch Flat


    bobbyss wrote: »
    I could have split my side laughing at this joke. Totally unexpected and original.

    In fairness a standard reply is your ma.


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  • #12
    Billgirlylegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 494 ✭✭Billgirlylegs


    bobbyss wrote: »
    I could have split my side laughing at this joke. Totally unexpected and original.



    On an informative note, Saturn and or Jupiter were or are visible.
    Spotted two bright stars either side of a pretty bright moon SE last week.


  • #13
    IAMAMORON
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,078 ✭✭✭IAMAMORON


    It was probably Venus. It is the first and last star to remain in the night/morning sky. The reason for this is it's proximity to earth. It does this in nine month recurrent cycles ( 225 days roughly ), hence the association with love, the goddess of love and pregnancy. It is generally easier to observe in Summer as it will be the first bright "star" you see in the sky, usually at dusk or just before it.

    The reason why you do not see it for the other 3 months is because the sun is in the way, just in case you are trying to figure that one out.


  • #14
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,550 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    bobbyss wrote: »
    I could have split my side laughing at this joke. Totally unexpected and original.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0czFnIvKOJY


  • #15
    Archeron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,335 ✭✭✭Archeron


    A zombie grizzly bear infested asteroid. Guess where it's headed.


  • #16
    iamstop
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,551 Mod ✭✭✭✭iamstop


    Archeron wrote: »
    A zombie grizzly bear infested asteroid. Guess where it's headed.

    Your ma's gaff.

    https://open.spotify.com/album/69JKwCcZGdLqX4Upj3DwP7



  • #17
    ShatterAlan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭ShatterAlan


    bobbyss wrote: »
    About 4am quite low in the sky. East or maybe north east. I thought ' what the hell is that?' Looked like a satellite. Much much bigger than any star. Looked much nearer as well. Morning of Aug 2. Any ideas?
    Couldn't find any astronomy forum.


    You can usually see Venus low in the sky before dawn.


  • #18
    ShatterAlan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭ShatterAlan


    IAMAMORON wrote: »
    It was probably Venus. It is the first and last star to remain in the night/morning sky. The reason for this is it's proximity to earth. It does this in nine month recurrent cycles ( 225 days roughly ), hence the association with love, the goddess of love and pregnancy. It is generally easier to observe in Summer as it will be the first bright "star" you see in the sky, usually at dusk or just before it.

    The reason why you do not see it for the other 3 months is because the sun is in the way, just in case you are trying to figure that one out.


    Apt user name.


    Venus is not a star :D


  • #19
    nibtrix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭nibtrix


    ShatterAlan wrote: »
    Apt user name.


    Venus is not a star :D

    That will be why it was in quotation marks "star"...


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