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Light in the sky?

carly burn
carly burn Posts: 19,459
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..West from me in Essex. Looks like its above the city. Noticed it last night.
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Looks too big to be a planet?
.our very own Simon Church tweeted about it last night



He's now saying it was/is the ISS, but I haven't seen it move for the last hour

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  • Charltonparklane
    Charltonparklane Posts: 5,786
    thats weird

    Very Bright tonight
  • Budington
    Budington Posts: 179
    It’s Venus. Was clear last night too
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    Definitely Venus at its brightest in March
  • LTKapal
    LTKapal Posts: 1,312
    ISS should move across the sky fairly quickly and shouldn't be visible in the same place 2 days in a row theoretically speaking. 
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    Dazzler21 said:
    Definitely Venus at its brightest in March
      I'll take your word for it.
    It looks a bit dimmer now and has moved to the right a bit??
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    Download Star Rover great app for spotting stars etc
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Someone on Facebook said it was a space station last night?
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,981
    carly burn said:
    Dazzler21 said:
    Definitely Venus at its brightest in March
      I'll take your word for it.
    It looks a bit dimmer now and has moved to the right a bit??
    Venus is known as the evening star as it’s brightest at the beginning of the night.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    ** International Space Station
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  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    edited March 2020
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:
    ** International Space Station
     It ain't that.

    If it is it needs jump leads
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
    I saw two shooting stars last night
    I wished on them but they were only satellites
    It's wrong to wish on space hardware
    I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    When's Easter this year?
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    Where's it gone?

    Completely vanished.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,981
    carly burn said:
    Where's it gone?

    Completely vanished.
    Venus gets dimmer as the night goes on.

    ‘Venus remains visible after sunset for between three-and-a-half hours (at 30 degrees North) and five-and-a-half hours (at 60 degrees North)‘
  • Charltonparklane
    Charltonparklane Posts: 5,786
    carly burn said:
    Where's it gone?

    Completely vanished.
    Its got lower, I can still see it
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    It’s the end of days! 

    So many portents. Cleanse your souls Addicks and be prepared for judgement.

    Or the space station or a planet 🪐 
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    iainment said:
    It’s the end of days! 

    So many portents. Cleanse your souls Addicks and be prepared for judgement.

    Or the space station or a planet 🪐 
      Got you all up out of your isolation chambers to look out of the window though didn't it.
  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,779
    It's the aliens who planted the corona virus watching the world implode. 
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:
    Someone on Facebook said it was a space station last night?
    The ISS is passing over the UK each night this week too so they could have been watching that.
    But the picture from Simon Church above is definitely Venus.

    good site for ISS passover times as well as various other things to look up for.
    https://www.meteorwatch.org/iss-international-space-station-times-uk-spring-2020/
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  • PemburyAddick
    PemburyAddick Posts: 506
    Henry Irving said:
    I saw two shooting stars last night
    I wished on them but they were only satellites
    It's wrong to wish on space hardware
    I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care
    Billy Bragg?
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,848
    Lol. Of course it's bloody Venus. Honestly. It's as if some people have only started looking up into the sky now they're cooped up indoors!
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
    PemburyAddick said:
    Henry Irving said:
    I saw two shooting stars last night
    I wished on them but they were only satellites
    It's wrong to wish on space hardware
    I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care
    Billy Bragg?
    Yep, New England
  • PemburyAddick
    PemburyAddick Posts: 506
    Off_it said:
    Lol. Of course it's bloody Venus. Honestly. It's as if some people have only started looking up into the sky now they're cooped up indoors!
    No its Billy Bragg - Henry says so above..
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    The light was wearing blue jeans.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,791
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:
    Someone on Facebook said it was a space station last night?
    And I think that tells you everything you need to know about Facebook.

    How to categorise a bright object in the sky.

    You go blind if you look at it - the Sun.

    Grey/white and made of cheese - the Moon.

    Brightest object other than the two above, only visible in the morning before the sun comes up or in the evening after the suns goes down and appears to move at the same speed as the sun - Venus.

    Slightly pink - Mars.

    Just to the left of Orion - Sirius, the Dog Star.

    None of the above - Jupiter.

    Not as bright as Venus, also follows/leads the Sun - Mercury.


  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,791
    PemburyAddick said:
    Henry Irving said:
    I saw two shooting stars last night
    I wished on them but they were only satellites
    It's wrong to wish on space hardware
    I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care
    Billy Bragg?
    Or Kirsty MacColl.

    Or if you're really lucky, both together:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v4a6NaU5Rg
  • rananegra
    rananegra Posts: 3,689
    AddicksAddict said:
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:
    Someone on Facebook said it was a space station last night?
    And I think that tells you everything you need to know about Facebook.

    How to categorise a bright object in the sky.

    You go blind if you look at it - the Sun.

    Grey/white and made of cheese - the Moon.

    Brightest object other than the two above, only visible in the morning before the sun comes up or in the evening after the suns goes down and appears to move at the same speed as the sun - Venus.

    Slightly pink - Mars.

    Just to the left of Orion - Sirius, the Dog Star.

    None of the above - Jupiter.

    Not as bright as Venus, also follows/leads the Sun - Mercury.


    You missed out Saturn, far more likely to see it than Mercury
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,791
    rananegra said:
    AddicksAddict said:
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:
    Someone on Facebook said it was a space station last night?
    And I think that tells you everything you need to know about Facebook.

    How to categorise a bright object in the sky.

    You go blind if you look at it - the Sun.

    Grey/white and made of cheese - the Moon.

    Brightest object other than the two above, only visible in the morning before the sun comes up or in the evening after the suns goes down and appears to move at the same speed as the sun - Venus.

    Slightly pink - Mars.

    Just to the left of Orion - Sirius, the Dog Star.

    None of the above - Jupiter.

    Not as bright as Venus, also follows/leads the Sun - Mercury.


    You missed out Saturn, far more likely to see it than Mercury
    Good point, although I've only ever seen it through a telescope but I've saw Mercury very well, admittedly during a total eclipse.

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