General Chat

i was looking through solar system book, and to thought venus, only it, mars & moon are the closest thing around just now. my book says; venus to the naked eye venus is a splendid object and , as the evening and morning' star' is far brighter than any celestial object except the sun and moon.

Bob, It seems to be a full circular disc, very bright.

thanks bob, will be out in morning

Oh! only Venus has phases , similar to the moon Lynn, if you dont know, Swansea (according to 'Heavens Above') is 51.633(n) and -3.958(w)

dos'nt venus rotate backward's? was'nt venus and earth once said to be sister planets, but venus had a weaker magnetic field?

Hi there jim My hubby is budding astronomer, and he says it could be sirius and above that it would be Procyon, Regel and Betelgeuse. Its more likely to be Sirius, Jupiter rises just about now in the East, the brightest object in the east. Venus is an early morning planet but we dont usually see it because of the sunlight. Deb X

Dont know about that, Lynn, But there was a theory that our moon went around, the other way...... Deb he's most likely right there with Sirius, Rigel and Betelgeuse are in Orion

and my head at the moment. will need to read up on the moon i thinks

I am right next to Portsmouth and it was due south of me at around 9pm. There are only 2 celestial objects visible, probably due to the slight clouding. This bright one, and a dimmer one about 30 degrees ahead of it at about the same elevation. It looks much brighter than any of the stars I have seen in Orion.

this thread is really educational jim.

if i'm to see this in the morning i'd better get to bed, so good night all, sleep well

Around 1999/2000, I was watching the Station go over, and it so happened the the shuttle had undocked a short while earlier, and the two objects went across as if they were 'on tow'.....amazing sight.....

So Granpa, have we established what it is yet?

No. This is one of the problems I find with the Internet that you have to know where to go to ask questions. I wish I could just Google Astronomy Questions and get through to an on-line astronomer who could answer this. There are a lot of other questions I have about all sorts of things but I don't know where to direct them.

Tell you what Granpa, i'll personally research this question and get back to you tomorrow evening, no doubt you will already know by then anyway.

did it come through? Jim

I would say that it's either Venus ,Or Jupiter,through a telescope you can see the belts on a clear night ,and it can't be Saturn.because you would see the rings.I can't help above that because i hav'nt had a night clear enough to get mine out,so i'm jealous Jim you lucky begger.lol.Fred.ptfg.&a&g&s.

good morning all, had a look this morning but it was far too cloudy to see anything, but i did see A FEW FLAKES OF SNOW YIPEE!!!!!!!!! don't feel left out now

It might be Serrious, the evening star. Not sure of spelling. Jo.

Good Morning, Lynn, sorry to hear that, after all that, but at least you sound not too dissapointed. sounds like you have a good view all round, where you are...... morning Jo..