I wonder if anyone can see the very bright star that's out right now. I tried to take a picture but my phone camera is not up to it. It's a very clear sky here, I can see a bunch of normal stars and two bright ones. But one of them is VERY bright, I'd love to know if it's a particular planet. If anyone here wants to pop outside and take a look, you might see it.
Really bright star
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Might be Venus the Morning/evening Star - it tends to be about the brightest thing out there barring the moon. I noticed it the other morning here in Aus. Seriously bright.
Yeah, I think it is Venus and also one of them is possibly Jupiter
http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury
I went out again and got my compass app out on my phone. It's facing east, and that article says Venus and Jupiter are in the east before dawn. As I look at it, the very bright star is lower down on the horizon than the other stars.
http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury
I went out again and got my compass app out on my phone. It's facing east, and that article says Venus and Jupiter are in the east before dawn. As I look at it, the very bright star is lower down on the horizon than the other stars.
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If its next to the Orion constellation now then it will be Venus.
I had an incredibly weird dream last night that I witnessed a bunch of asteroids hitting the moon. Huge explosions on the moon and total chaos, a big one was coming for earth too.
So either that or a satellite mounted laser cannon running diagnostics.
So either that or a satellite mounted laser cannon running diagnostics.
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It isn't a star at all, you have had your first glimpse of Nibiru, it will get brighter and bigger as it approaches the Earth.
By spankingtexan at 2012-07-30
It isn't a star at all, you have had your first glimpse of Nibiru, it will get brighter and bigger as it approaches the Earth.
By spankingtexan at 2012-07-30
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Download Stellarium, put your location in and move the time back to 4AM, you'll then be able to see what it was.
Best. Program. Ever!
Best. Program. Ever!
I'll get google sky map for my phone then.
As far as Stellarium, yea, I used to have that installed, it's great. Will have to download that again.
That follows my observation exactly. Pretty cool really. I was thinking someone might say it's just the north star or something equally less exciting, but knowing it's those planets makes it much more fascinating.
As far as Stellarium, yea, I used to have that installed, it's great. Will have to download that again.
That follows my observation exactly. Pretty cool really. I was thinking someone might say it's just the north star or something equally less exciting, but knowing it's those planets makes it much more fascinating.
Follow it, and take some Frankenstein with you