Twinkle Twinkle what is it??

wanderer


Joined: 05/02/2009
Posts: 1653

Message Posted:
22/07/2010 07:37

A nearly full moon last night right over the mountains at about 20:30 noticed directly below the moon a twinkling light there all night after

Anybody any idea what it was

Is it a star

Is it a space station

Its stayed there to long to be a plane and it appeared to be deep in space

Any one know what it is?

come_on_aylin


Joined: 14/06/2008
Posts: 908

Message Posted:
22/07/2010 07:43

I think it's Venus (Morning/Evening Star). http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mjpowell/Astro/Naked-Eye-Planets/Naked-Eye-Planets.htm#Venus

come_on_aylin


Joined: 14/06/2008
Posts: 908

Message Posted:
22/07/2010 07:48

Watch out for Perseids meteor showers around 12th August, I once read that there are about 80 shooting stars an hour at it's peak. http://stardate.org/nightsky/meteors/

Tinkie


Joined: 16/03/2009
Posts: 1256

Message Posted:
22/07/2010 08:04

We saw that star too last night and couldnt work out what it was, my husband though it was a satelite. Im not sure its venus as we saw that 2 nights in a row and it was much brighter and seemed to be in a very different position.

Jovial_John


Joined: 31/01/2009
Posts: 1024

Message Posted:
22/07/2010 08:20

The only things that can appear to stay in 1 place are a geosynchronous satellite or objects in the Earth's atmosphere. Everything else, star, planet, space station would appear to move as the Earth turns. As it was in deep space then it must have been a satellite like Turksat et. al. which stay in the same position relative to the Earth.

zerochlor


Joined: 03/04/2009
Posts: 4024

Message Posted:
22/07/2010 10:36

The bright object i see most nights looking from catalkoy towards girne,as the night gets later it gets more distant,but early on in the evening its very bright and seems much closer.



often wonderd what it is ?