Looking south from the northern hemisphere, i can see a brilliant almost full, moon... and another very prominent object, which tracks along with the moon... is that Jupiter..
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not sure hoggy but the brightest star is generally venus due to its white ice crust. -
Does it look in roughly this position mate?
October 2010 is one of the best months this year for seeing this giant planet.Comment
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A simple thing to remember.... Stars twinkle, planets don't.
The chances are it's Venus. It's nearly always the brightest object in the night sky, other than the moon. It's also usually only visible in the early evening. But this depends on the time of year.
The only other one to look for is Mars. But this would have a slight red tint to the light.
Have a look here, but you might want to grab your latitude & longitude from either a sat nav, phone or google earth.
Wait till you see your first iridium flare.Last edited by Canker_Canison; 25 October, 2010, 21:10.Canker
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