juvenal Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Single brilliant star visible tonight. Anyone? Surely not de second comin' of de Lawd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This time Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.stardroid&hl=en_GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossybabe Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Low, high above horizon? Direction? Proximity to the moon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John The Pessimist Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 The end is near! https://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=Az_6xdmfjk1YZUAAMbXw3olQ;_ylu=X3oDMTIydms5dG5tBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAM4ZmNhMTU1MjdjM2IyYmRiMzA1ZDJjYWRlY2RlMTVlOQRncG9zAzkEaXQDYmluZw--?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.images.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DThe%2BEnd%2BIs%2BNigh%26fr%3Diphone%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D9&w=2363&h=3150&imgurl=www.cryptogon.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F11%2Ftime_the_end_is_near.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cryptogon.com%2F%3Fp%3D49848&size=259.3KB&name=cryptogon.com+»+Time+Cover%3A+The<%2Fb>&p=The+End+Is+Nigh&oid=8fca15527c3b2bdb305d2cadecde15e9&fr2=&fr=iphone&tt=cryptogon.com+»+Time+Cover%3A+The<%2Fb>&b=0&ni=28&no=9&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=1113efoi5&sigb=12tjtvcok&sigi=125ld34oi&sigt=117sg6p3a&sign=117sg6p3a&.crumb=gMhIsKVP5RW&fr=iphone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChewingGrass Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Probably Venus, http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/astronomy/nightsky/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stateless Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Nibiru? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgul Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 The rules are fairly simple. Single star visible, not intermittent cloud? - it is a planet. Or maybe a helicopter. Single star clearly much much brighter than all the other stars? - it is a planet. Visible within a couple of hours of dawn or dusk? - it is probably Venus. Looks slightly yellow/orangish? - it is probably Mars. Ah - but within a few hours of dawn/dusk and looks yellow/orangish? - probably Mars. Not yellow/orangeish, but not recently dawn/dusk? - more likely to be Jupiter/Saturn. Ah - but I think it is Mercury, Uranus, Pluto, Neptune? - it almost certainly isn't. Eds to add Nibiru -- might be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riedquat Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 2 minutes ago, dgul said: Not yellow/orangeish, but not recently dawn/dusk? - more likely to be Jupiter/Saturn. Could still be Jupiter or Saturn near dawn or dusk too. Saturn isn't appreciably brighter than some of the brightest stars, and it seems to have a very slight yellow / beige tint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 15 minutes ago, Riedquat said: Could still be Jupiter or Saturn near dawn or dusk too. Saturn isn't appreciably brighter than some of the brightest stars, and it seems to have a very slight yellow / beige tint. Is it gay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgul Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 24 minutes ago, MrPin said: Is it gay? I wouldn't say that to his face -- he castrated his dad and ate his children (that he had with his sister)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehead Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Flag down a passing camel and try to keep up. Let us know if you find anything interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 Bright star has gone now. It was in the SW. three quarter moon now visible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehead Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Moon you say.... Interesting .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Generation Game Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 40 minutes ago, Sledgehead said: Moon you say.... Interesting .... That's no moon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
man o' the year Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 OP answer is Venus. Brightest thing in the sky after Sun and Moon. Can reach magnitude -4.4. Jupiter and Saturn both have slight gold/yellow tinges in comparison to most stars. As above definitely orange hue to Mars. Mercury is very difficult to see as so close to Sun and only ever seen in the dawn/evening sunrise/sunset glow. You will never see any of the other planets without a telescope and even then probably only by photographic method to see movement over a day or so. Oh and planets don't twinkle - stars do. You will be able to see the brightest star (Sirius) in the south during the winter months, rising a little after the easily recognised Orion constellation. Sirius has a magnitude of -1.46. or about 15 times less bright than Venus ie 15 Sirius stars to be of equal brightness to Venus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Masked Tulip Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 I was just watching a video which stated that, several billion years from now once the Milky Way, Andromeda and the other galaxies in our Local Group have merged, that the other galaxies will have moved so far away from us that we would no longer be able to see them and hence anyone around then will assume that the universe consists purely of one galaxy. They will also no longer be able to determine any background radiation & the expansion of the Universe so will assume that the galaxy is alone and timeless. I suppose this is what people alive now in the Bootes Void now think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank888 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 I saw it too and thought to myself that must be Venus ("pretty little evening star") - so I thought to myself, I'll play a trick on my grandsons and ask them. "Why isn't that plane over there moving?" (most of the bright light in our evening sky are planes heading into Heathrow) and they will reply in chorus, "That's not a plane, silly grandad, that's a star." "Oh no it's not boys. That's that's the planet, Venus" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zugzwang Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexton Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Venus is so bright that you can see it during daylight if you know where and when to look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riedquat Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 12 hours ago, The Masked Tulip said: I was just watching a video which stated that, several billion years from now once the Milky Way, Andromeda and the other galaxies in our Local Group have merged, that the other galaxies will have moved so far away from us that we would no longer be able to see them and hence anyone around then will assume that the universe consists purely of one galaxy. They will also no longer be able to determine any background radiation & the expansion of the Universe so will assume that the galaxy is alone and timeless. I suppose this is what people alive now in the Bootes Void now think. Not so sure about that, if you've got telescopes to see even faint things nearby you'll probably notice the other galaxies then. You won't with the naked eye but then again Andromeda is the furthest thing you can see with that at present (or possibly the Triangulum galaxy). Going further, to a time when the other galaxies aren't putting out much in the way of light any more, well, it won't be inhabitable here either, so entirely academic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 19 hours ago, juvenal said: Single brilliant star visible tonight. Anyone? Surely not de second comin' of de Lawd? .Stock up on frankinsence and myrrh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 heavensabove.com. ISS has been overhead, very bright and fast,transiting for a couple of minutes tween 5 and 7 pm last few days. other object was Venus. Best comment above: "Thats no moon" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 Thanks to all the astronomy brains on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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