Heavenly bodies

[V8mate]

(Move on pervs; nothing to see here.)


What is the bright, sparkly, starry/planety thing just below and to the left of the Moon this evening?

[Silverbullet767]

V8mate said:

(Move on pervs; nothing to see here.)

Fair enough, as you were........

[mickk]

I'm out of here.

[cottonfoo]

Jupiter

[Malx]

That'll be jupiter.

Have a google for Stellarium, free bit of software the helps find planets and stars and such like.

[Johnnytheboy]

It's Jupiter.

If you look at it through a reasonable pair of binoculars, you'll be able to see up to four tiny points of light in a line running through it. These are moons, and are a good way of knowing you're looking at the big fella.

[moleamol]

Jupiter, you can normally see 3 moons through a set of normal binoculars providing the moon isn't too bright.

[TheEnd]

http://www.astroviewer.com/current-night-sky.php?l...

Jupiter indeed, and Neptune is close by also

[Jonny671]

I was going to ask this in the ISS thread as I knew Eric lurks there and would know

[williamp]

But its so much brighter then anything else- walking home through theCity, with lights etc its the only star I could see. I guessed ISS on that basis...

[cottonfoo]

Magnitude -2.3, only ever beaten by Venus at -4.5. The ISS would have been visibly moving like a plane.

[V8mate]

Thanks everyone

[coolcatmaz]

lovely clear view of it tonight

[GTIR]

I might even dig my telescope out.

Once I've insulted that bald tt.

[John.]

Brillianti did wonder what that was

[DamianBlades]

V8mate said:

(Move on pervs; nothing to see here.)


What is the bright, sparkly, starry/planety thing just below and to the left of the Moon this evening?

I opened this to see another thread about megan fox, erghhhhh

[sneijder]

If you download the NASA (Free) app for iphone / ipod touch it has a map showing where the ISS, err, is.

[don4l]

Jupiter.

To see what an amateur can do:-

http://www.damianpeach.com/jup_06.htm


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[Eric Mc]

You can never confuse a bright planet with the Space Station.

A planet will remain in more or less the same spot throughout the night - only moving (apparently) in time with the earth's rotation.

The Space Station (or any satellite) will cross the sky in a matter of minutes.

[central]

don4l said:

http://www.damianpeach.com/jup_06.htm