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Originally posted by darkest4
O look, another youtube video by someone with no expertise in astronomy not knowing what theyre looking at and so claiming its some crazy thing that fits their world view. Never seen that before! Give me a break, its a planet or a satallite as many people have pointed out. But of course you don't want to know the "truth" you just want your "belief" to be confirmed, so you won't accept anything less. You really think that all the tons of professional and amateur astronomers out there would completely miss this object and some guy on youtube will be the only one to claim its not supposed to be there? Whatever, have fun with your delusion.edit on 17-11-2010 by darkest4 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by misfitofscience
It could also be Mars...
Canis Major
Arcturus
or Capella.
I went outside last night too see if I could view all this fuss. I did spot it, Here in Ontario Canada.
upon some research I found the 3 stars mentioned above or at times, Mars, could have this effect!
earthsky.org...
Originally posted by Cole DeSteele
Originally posted by solipsism
here's a video of it a guy from Holland has just posted. This video is much better quality than mine.
www.youtube.com...
The object in this video is only in focus at :17 and :18 into the clip. The rest of the time, it is out of focus and distorted, creating an illusion of a pulsing dark center, ala the NASA tether video. There is a term for this type of blur called bokeh.
I don't need to be an astronomer to look at the sky, just like you don't need to be a professor to try and "educate" people
Originally posted by thecsb
reply to post by solipsism
I don't need to be an astronomer to look at the sky, just like you don't need to be a professor to try and "educate" people
Well said.. Seems to be a general problem in here, people forcing their views/opinions on others. I prefer keeping an open mind, a non astronomer may see something an astronomoer wont and vice versa. As for the video i have no idea what it is but I wouldnt rule out a planet or a star just yet. Too bad the video isnt as close up as the pictures.
Originally posted by solipsism
here's a close up video from holland of the same object.
www.youtube.com...
Originally posted by hundredreas0ns
i will have to go out and investigate this for myself, i am some what skeptical at the moment, thats why i need to go check it out. and as for the color changing, that just sounds like the atmosphere affecting it, here is a quote about it from a website.
"It's due to turbulence in the atmosphere. It's just like how things look wavy when you look over a hot grill in the summer. the atmosphere also acts like a prism when you look at stars near the horizon, Since the star colors get split into a rainbow, plus the turbulence makes the star move around, it can appear like the star is changing color"
well i am in north ohio, so if someones can give me a time, direction and angle that this thing will be visible, i will go and look for myself, i look at the stars very often, and the brightest star i have been observing recently is jupiter, and everything seems normal their.
so someone let me know please.
steve.
Originally posted by Nonobody
Hi,
I have been reading ATS for years, never joined, I signed up to this forum just to reply to this thread.
On new years eve 2008 I went to the French Alps with my girlfriend, the sky is really clear up there and we were both shocked to see the exact thing the that is described and shown in the original post.
I was so interested in this thing changing colour and moving in the sky I took my camera and started to take pictures and video tape, it was very clear to me in the sky, and it is exactly the same as shown in the video of the OP. My girlfriend was freaking out at the time.
After that night I studied the pictures and video for a few weeks but I couldn't decide if it was a star or not and I never thought about it much until a few nights ago my girlfriend said she saw a UFO while smoking a cigarette out the window of our apartment, I came to look and it was that same thing in the sky again, but I just assumed it was a star.
Whats weird is that the original poster said it first appeared in January 2009 and that is when I saw it too. December 31st 2008.
I still don't know what it is but I guess I just resided to the fact it must be a star, I don't know enough astronomy to decide otherwise to be honest.
I will try to find the pictures and video.
thanks
Originally posted by ElectricUniverse
Originally posted by solipsism
here's a close up video from holland of the same object.
www.youtube.com...
Yep, that is the same thing I have been seen for over 21 years, so it is not a new star.
The problem is that a lot of younger people just starter looking at the sky a year or two ago and to them it would seem something new, but it is not new.
Originally posted by XxiTzYoMasterxX
Iv'e been followng the same star and it doesn't move with our solar system.It has it's own orbit it seems.Because it doesn't move with all the other stars like it should.If you watch it for an hour you will see that the other stars don't move with it.
Originally posted by ElectricUniverse
reply to post by solipsism
If it is the same thing we are talking about, and it seems like it is, then this has been visible for at least over 2 decades. I have been an vivid sky watcher for most of my life, and you should see the sky up here in Wyoming, it is the most beautiful thing you have seen. I have seen these stellar objects also here in Wyoming, and I can only report what I have seen, and what I have seen they don't move strangely. The biggest one also is nowhere near the north, so it is not the northern star.
About maitreya... Benjame Creme is either a NWO charlatan, or he is a charlatan. have you ever heard the "claimed" recordings of maitreya?... It sounds demonic, or a really old person with a bad case of neumonia.
Share International/Benjame Creme also claimed through the WSJ (Wall Street Journal) a couple of years ago that a new star would appear in the sky for all to see and the maitreya would appear to the world... It was strange that it appeared in the WSJ, but nothing happened.
Originally posted by Thunda
Hi solipsism- as a Scottish resident (Dundee), I have been reading this thread with interest- it seems this object has very unusual qualities in it movements (or lack of). I think its probably unlikely you will be able to view anything tonight, due to the totally foul weather, but do you intend to attempt to film or photograph the object again in the future?
Please dont be put off by a vocal minority who seem to have to 'know' the answer to everything, or dismiss anything unusual as either misidentification or a hoax- there are also plenty of people here that are prepared to listen and are interested. As far as Im concerned, you dont have to 'prove' anything- I will make my own mind up based on what evidence you are able to offer, and that includes your testimony as a witness.
Good luck,
Thunda
Originally posted by solipsism
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Can I ask if you've seen it consistently over the 21 years, or if you've seen it sporadically over that period?
Originally posted by Anthony1138
Hmm. i looked at the video and photos, and i honestly have to say, it looks like someone took a picture of the spacestation and figured "hey photoshop will get everyones attenion"
You have to realize the things in space just arent planets, we have ALOT of junk in space, i mean alot 90% of our "stuff" in space is useless and broken, its just floating there waiting for the to reflect the suns light, to you ( a fool who knows very little about space i would imagen)
For a year you say? and only you have seen this and no one else? sounds like someone is using photoshop TOO much, you dont see stringy looking things in space, thats just weird and made up.
DEBUNKED!!!. this "star" isnt the sign of some magical fairty god or the "antichrist" (also made up bulls***) just some superstitious over zealous individual, looking up a little too long without knowing what is actully up there.