bright light in sky
Submitted: Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 20:55
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GOB & denny vic member
howdy all
just been outside (south of dandenong outer melb) and in the sky about 75degrees is a very
bright light does anybody have any clues is it a
bright star or the space lab or whatever just interested it has a bit of a halo as
well
steve
Reply By: Willem - Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 21:03
Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 21:03
How many Bourbons? lol
Cloudy here
Cheers
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Follow Up By: ACDC - Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 21:12
Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 21:12
Your right i am in frankston and i can see it ALIENS!!!
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Follow Up By: GOB & denny vic member - Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 21:20
Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 21:20
goodday willem
only 2 bourbons the sky has cleared a bit now and i believe its a star its lost its halo and blurrieness (not the bourbon missus cleaned her glasses and it was still blurry)
steve
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Reply By: Member - Geoff M (Newcastle) - Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 21:10
Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 21:10
Thylacene, renowned for their strange antics in Victoria at this time of year!!
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Reply By: Member - John (QLD) - Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 21:18
Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 21:18
Mars
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Reply By: Notso - Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 21:43
Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 21:43
If it's reddish
orange its Mars, otherwise and most likely it's Venus
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Reply By: Bonz (Vic) - Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 21:55
Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 21:55
Porch Light?
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Follow Up By: Member - Blue (VIC) - Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 22:23
Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 22:23
Every now and then, you remind me of Truckster...
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 23:29
Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 23:29
hahahahaha I take that as a compliment hahahahaha
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Follow Up By: Member - Blue (VIC) - Tuesday, Nov 01, 2005 at 00:11
Tuesday, Nov 01, 2005 at 00:11
A compliment it was...
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Follow Up By: ev700 - Tuesday, Nov 01, 2005 at 08:04
Tuesday, Nov 01, 2005 at 08:04
ROFL
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Reply By: MATT.D(WA) - Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 22:01
Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 22:01
Was reading the paper yesterday and it was saying that Mars is currently visible.
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Reply By: Nodoir - Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 22:12
Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 22:12
Venus can be seen in the western sky after sunset, it's pretty huge you cant miss it. Mars rises in the east around sunset, smaller and definately coloured red.
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Reply By: atoyot - Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 22:24
Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 22:24
If it ws venus, it should still be in the SW to W sky, at about 10 deg. Mars is in the NE at the moment. If what you were looking at was at 75 deg altitude, then buggered if the program I've got knows what it is.
Andrew
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Follow Up By: ev700 - Tuesday, Nov 01, 2005 at 10:13
Tuesday, Nov 01, 2005 at 10:13
Is that a special program or a freeby I can access on the web?
Teens are interested in the night sky etc.
Thanks
EV700
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Follow Up By: Member - Bill F (VIC) - Tuesday, Nov 01, 2005 at 10:49
Tuesday, Nov 01, 2005 at 10:49
Try Heavens-above.com
Heavens-above
Bill
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Follow Up By: ev700 - Tuesday, Nov 01, 2005 at 20:59
Tuesday, Nov 01, 2005 at 20:59
Bill
Thank you. Will do.
EV700
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Reply By: flashnick - Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 23:40
Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 23:40
On a really clear night I can see Uranus
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Reply By: Big Woody - Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 23:40
Monday, Oct 31, 2005 at 23:40
If you stand with your back to the light and bend forward as far as you can until you can see the light between your legs it will become very clear that the light your are seeing is in fact coming from......
Uranus.
Ha!
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Follow Up By: ev700 - Tuesday, Nov 01, 2005 at 08:06
Tuesday, Nov 01, 2005 at 08:06
That was aimed at bosses and politicians. ;-)
Although the current lot in
Canberra are both.
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Reply By: robak (QLD) - Tuesday, Nov 01, 2005 at 10:38
Tuesday, Nov 01, 2005 at 10:38
Try this skymap
Mars should be to the North-East about half way up.
Venus to the West-South-West a little above the horizon.
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Reply By: atoyot - Tuesday, Nov 01, 2005 at 12:58
Tuesday, Nov 01, 2005 at 12:58
Starry Nights Enthusiast was a freeby on CD from PC World magazine, probably 12 months or so ago. If you know of any nerds who buy ard keep PC World, then you might be able to grab the CD and install it. I haven't looked at too many other type of programs like this, but I can say that it's very easy to use and give real-time simulations a realistic view of the night sky, with satelites, stars, etc etc.
You can buy the latest from here
Starry Night Enthusiast
but if you can get the freeby, it's a good start.
Andrew
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Reply By: Member - Davoe (Widgiemooltha) - Tuesday, Nov 01, 2005 at 18:09
Tuesday, Nov 01, 2005 at 18:09
City Folk get a clear night and realize at night in the sky there are ............ Stars ................and sometimes planets!!
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