Can you tell me what this is in the sky

smurfy
reply to post by wlasikiewicz

 

You don't say where in the sky, and which direction and time. Jupiter is bright in the East right now.

I noticed it walking home tonight at 21:30 NE England. Checked Stellarium and its Jupiter.

reply to post by wlasikiewicz


Am I the only one seeing this..

reply to post by wlasikiewicz


Did you feel something when you saw it? because you don't want to say that it's a UFO but you chose this forum section ?

What was your first thought the moment you saw it?

Thats no moon, its a space station!!

reply to post by wlasikiewicz

It seems that its Venus. How weird is it that we both took pictures and are both security guards?
my thread

reply to post by GogoVicMorrow


YOUR sighting is almost definitely Venus. You were looking SW from Ohio while OP was looking East from England. Not the same "object".

In this thread it's most likely Sirius, if not definitely.

DenyObfuscation
reply to post by GogoVicMorrow

 

YOUR sighting is almost definitely Venus. You were looking SW from Ohio while OP was looking East from England. Not the same "object".

In this thread it's most likely Sirius, if not definitely.

And now you know why plenty of UFOs are generated by people seeing astronomical objects ie: Bright stars and planets.

They can look odd to people who don't typically look at the sky.

Jupiter, i`ve been watching it for weeks. Beautiful.

fenian8
Jupiter, i`ve been watching it for weeks. Beautiful.

That's the position of Jupiter alright, East-North East, the most noticeable thing in the sky...apart from the Moon that is.

reply to post by zilebeliveunknown


Actually, Sirius is a little west of south this time of year. And, Jupiter is in the south at that time of day in England, actually not far from Sirius.

A much closer "fit" would be Arcturus,

Though I wouldn't think of it as bright enough to photograph with a phone. So...if it was all that bright, and in the East, didn't move for hours...UFO.

Or Arcturus...