..West from me in Essex. Looks like its above the city. Noticed it last night. . Looks too big to be a planet? .our very own Simon Church tweeted about it last night
I saw two shooting stars last night I wished on them but they were only satellites It's wrong to wish on space hardware I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care
Someone on Facebook said it was a space station last night?
The ISS is passing over the UK each night this week too so they could have been watching that. But the picture from Simon Church above is definitely Venus.
I saw two shooting stars last night I wished on them but they were only satellites It's wrong to wish on space hardware I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care
I saw two shooting stars last night I wished on them but they were only satellites It's wrong to wish on space hardware I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care
Someone on Facebook said it was a space station last night?
And I think that tells you everything you need to know about Facebook.
How to categorise a bright object in the sky.
You go blind if you look at it - the Sun.
Grey/white and made of cheese - the Moon.
Brightest object other than the two above, only visible in the morning before the sun comes up or in the evening after the suns goes down and appears to move at the same speed as the sun - Venus.
Slightly pink - Mars.
Just to the left of Orion - Sirius, the Dog Star.
None of the above - Jupiter.
Not as bright as Venus, also follows/leads the Sun - Mercury.
I saw two shooting stars last night I wished on them but they were only satellites It's wrong to wish on space hardware I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care
Someone on Facebook said it was a space station last night?
And I think that tells you everything you need to know about Facebook.
How to categorise a bright object in the sky.
You go blind if you look at it - the Sun.
Grey/white and made of cheese - the Moon.
Brightest object other than the two above, only visible in the morning before the sun comes up or in the evening after the suns goes down and appears to move at the same speed as the sun - Venus.
Slightly pink - Mars.
Just to the left of Orion - Sirius, the Dog Star.
None of the above - Jupiter.
Not as bright as Venus, also follows/leads the Sun - Mercury.
You missed out Saturn, far more likely to see it than Mercury
Someone on Facebook said it was a space station last night?
And I think that tells you everything you need to know about Facebook.
How to categorise a bright object in the sky.
You go blind if you look at it - the Sun.
Grey/white and made of cheese - the Moon.
Brightest object other than the two above, only visible in the morning before the sun comes up or in the evening after the suns goes down and appears to move at the same speed as the sun - Venus.
Slightly pink - Mars.
Just to the left of Orion - Sirius, the Dog Star.
None of the above - Jupiter.
Not as bright as Venus, also follows/leads the Sun - Mercury.
You missed out Saturn, far more likely to see it than Mercury
Good point, although I've only ever seen it through a telescope but I've saw Mercury very well, admittedly during a total eclipse.
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Very Bright tonight
It looks a bit dimmer now and has moved to the right a bit??
If it is it needs jump leads
I wished on them but they were only satellites
It's wrong to wish on space hardware
I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care
Completely vanished.
‘Venus remains visible after sunset for between three-and-a-half hours (at 30 degrees North) and five-and-a-half hours (at 60 degrees North)‘
Or the space station or a planet 🪐
But the picture from Simon Church above is definitely Venus.
good site for ISS passover times as well as various other things to look up for.
https://www.meteorwatch.org/iss-international-space-station-times-uk-spring-2020/
How to categorise a bright object in the sky.
You go blind if you look at it - the Sun.
Grey/white and made of cheese - the Moon.
Brightest object other than the two above, only visible in the morning before the sun comes up or in the evening after the suns goes down and appears to move at the same speed as the sun - Venus.
Slightly pink - Mars.
Just to the left of Orion - Sirius, the Dog Star.
None of the above - Jupiter.
Not as bright as Venus, also follows/leads the Sun - Mercury.
Or if you're really lucky, both together: