andyrad29 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 i saw these lights from tankersley r/about and didnt realise they could be planets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Cool, I guess that isn't Sheffield though lol Its Los Angeles if I remember right. The pic was nicked from Astronomy picture of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I ain't too worried about those lights nuttymoo, 'cause they're watching you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenO Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Last few days the evenings have been very clear where I am in S7. Orion is very visible, and great to see as always :-). Jupiter and Venus have been spectacular too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
49er_Jerry Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 If I remember my AstroNav correctly, quite a long time ago mind you, the planets are at a maximum of 30 degrees above the horizon, and are always much brighter than any surrounding stars. The bright stars are generally above about 40 degrees. The reason being that the light from the stars is attenuated by the earth's atmosphere at lower declinations. Feel free to correct any inaccuracies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophiec1979 Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 me and my friend saw these on saturday night coming back from harrogate to leeds- we did debate what they possibly could be but decided in the end that the most outlandish explainations we could come up with were the most fun. we did say planets fairly early on...so ive just set her a rather smug email pointing her to this thread! x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistyraven Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 You can see these lights from my back door at night and they look rather low and bright for star,s. I told the kids it was santa waiting for 25th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeny Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I saw them too , Its awesome that they are planets. Its awesome tat we can see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SV500 Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Just remember that the name "planets" comes from the ancient word to describe "moving stars" or "wandering stars" , And 5 of them are easy naked eye,Uranus is just under naked eye (easy in binocs if you know where to look) Neptune is within the average pair of binocs too,but its pretty difficult to see (although not impossible) I wish the net was around when I started in astronomy JJ.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beer Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Wonder if we have had any communications from space. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Zud8yB6I9MI Only on a Friday night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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