gracie Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Hi Everyone I am in Handsworth looking over towards the Hallamshire Hospital which I think is west and there is two very bright lights close together . They could be stars but they seem bigger than usual.They are not chinese lanterns so could anyone tell me what they are please ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnevereasy Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Venus is the lower one, jupiter the other. Look over your left shoulder, you should see an orange "star", that's Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FORE Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 If in all seriousness they ARE stars, Venus is exceptionally bright in the west at the moment and Jupiter is not as bright but just to the left of it. (Oops got pipped with that info - will have to learn to type with more than one finger!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubydazzler Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 They're actually planets, gracie. In the West, Venus is the one that looks the brightest and biggest, Jupiter is the smaller one that is a bit yelowish in colour and over to the East, past Orion, Mars is bright red/orange. Spectacular, aren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FORE Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Iridium flare (satellite) due 20:19:53 45 deg up in the east http://www.heavens-above.com/iridium.asp?Dur=1&Session=kebgfcjmeedalnojjolofaok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubydazzler Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Iridium flare (satellite) due 20:19:53 45 deg up in the east http://www.heavens-above.com/iridium.asp?Dur=1&Session=kebgfcjmeedalnojjolofaok Where are we looking, over past Mars, or lower? ETA: dint see owt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FORE Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Sorry, just been out to see - not the brightest! was higher than mars but in east as opposed to SE(ish) if you look at the link, there's a brighter one tomorrow 20:21:21 again in EAST ~48degs up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyther Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 And you will see Saturn rising about 21.45 onward in the Eastern sky. The Moon follows roughly around 23.15. Saturn can be observed above and just to the right of the Moon after 23.15 ish. If anyone is interested you can download a fantastic site, just google Stallarium and follow the instructions, I can highly recommend it and its free !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubydazzler Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 And you will see Saturn rising about 21.45 onward in the Eastern sky. The Moon follows roughly around 23.15. Saturn can be observed above and just to the right of the Moon after 23.15 ish.Thanks, will go out and observe, then I'll have seen 4 planets this month, missed Mercury though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Hi Everyone I am in Handsworth looking over towards the Hallamshire Hospital which I think is west and there is two very bright lights close together . They could be stars but they seem bigger than usual. Your eyes do not deceive you. At their brightest, as they just about are right now, both Venus and Jupiter are far brighter than any true star ever appears to be. (Barring a supernova, but there hasn't been one of those since 1603 so we'll pretend they don't exist. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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