one more time please...

OK last time they told me it was a star because no planets are visible at
this time... But no way is this a star...

I live in Wisconsin (-6:00GMT). It is currently 3:15am and there is a bright
object in the SouthEast sky.

It is redish but also twinkles white. It is too big to be a star.

On my days off it was too cloudy to take my telescope out. Now I am at work
and saw it on my break again.

Please, can someone go outside and tell me WTF it is?!?!?!?


Thanks...

You are in all probability seeing Deneb Kaitos, a star, 96 light years from
Earth.

"dude" wrote in message
...
OK last time they told me it was a star because no planets are visible at
this time... But no way is this a star...

I live in Wisconsin (-6:00GMT). It is currently 3:15am and there is a
bright
object in the SouthEast sky.

It is redish but also twinkles white. It is too big to be a star.

On my days off it was too cloudy to take my telescope out. Now I am at
work
and saw it on my break again.

Please, can someone go outside and tell me WTF it is?!?!?!?


Thanks...

"dude" wrote in message
...
OK last time they told me it was a star because no planets are visible at
this time... But no way is this a star...

I live in Wisconsin (-6:00GMT). It is currently 3:15am and there is a
bright
object in the SouthEast sky.

It is redish but also twinkles white. It is too big to be a star.

On my days off it was too cloudy to take my telescope out. Now I am at
work
and saw it on my break again.

Please, can someone go outside and tell me WTF it is?!?!?!?

According to my copy of Starry Night, Venus is up in Wisconsin at that
time, and Venus is pretty much at it's brightest.

You might want to try heavens above:
www.heavens-above.com

"Wally Anglesea" wrote in message
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"dude" wrote in message
...
OK last time they told me it was a star because no planets are visible
at
this time... But no way is this a star...

I live in Wisconsin (-6:00GMT). It is currently 3:15am and there is a
bright
object in the SouthEast sky.

It is redish but also twinkles white. It is too big to be a star.

On my days off it was too cloudy to take my telescope out. Now I am at
work
and saw it on my break again.

Please, can someone go outside and tell me WTF it is?!?!?!?

According to my copy of Starry Night, Venus is up in Wisconsin at that
time, and Venus is pretty much at it's brightest.


Thank you... I was told there were no planets visible this time of the year
at night...

Venus would explain it. This is waaaay to big to be a star....



You might want to try heavens above:
www.heavens-above.com

Venus would just barely be clearing the treetops at 3:15am Wisconsin time,
and between E and NE.

If his description of SE is accurate, it's probably Deneb Kaitos that he's
seeing.

What would be helpful, rather than just "No way it's a star!" is if this guy
got a compass and got a really accurate reading of where in the sky he is
looking, and then got a protractor and took note of how many degrees above
the horizon this thing he's seeing is at, at that particular time.

"Wally Anglesea" wrote in message
...

"dude" wrote in message
...
OK last time they told me it was a star because no planets are visible
at
this time... But no way is this a star...

I live in Wisconsin (-6:00GMT). It is currently 3:15am and there is a
bright
object in the SouthEast sky.

It is redish but also twinkles white. It is too big to be a star.

On my days off it was too cloudy to take my telescope out. Now I am at
work
and saw it on my break again.

Please, can someone go outside and tell me WTF it is?!?!?!?

According to my copy of Starry Night, Venus is up in Wisconsin at that
time, and Venus is pretty much at it's brightest.

You might want to try heavens above:
www.heavens-above.com

not if it's in the SE at 3:15am.

Venus would be more E-NE.

If you're truly looking SE, it's Deneb Kaitos.

The question is, an hour later, do you see rising higher Venus to the left
of it?

If so, then you're seeing Deneb Kaitos.

If not, then you're really talking about E-NE, not SE.


"dude" wrote in message
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"Wally Anglesea" wrote in
message
...

"dude" wrote in message
...
OK last time they told me it was a star because no planets are visible
at
this time... But no way is this a star...

I live in Wisconsin (-6:00GMT). It is currently 3:15am and there is a
bright
object in the SouthEast sky.

It is redish but also twinkles white. It is too big to be a star.

On my days off it was too cloudy to take my telescope out. Now I am at
work
and saw it on my break again.

Please, can someone go outside and tell me WTF it is?!?!?!?

According to my copy of Starry Night, Venus is up in Wisconsin at that
time, and Venus is pretty much at it's brightest.


Thank you... I was told there were no planets visible this time of the
year
at night...

Venus would explain it. This is waaaay to big to be a star....



You might want to try heavens above:
www.heavens-above.com

"Algomeysa2" wrote in message
nk.net...
Venus would just barely be clearing the treetops at 3:15am Wisconsin time,
and between E and NE.

If his description of SE is accurate, it's probably Deneb Kaitos that he's
seeing.

What would be helpful, rather than just "No way it's a star!" is if this
guy
got a compass and got a really accurate reading of where in the sky he is
looking, and then got a protractor and took note of how many degrees above
the horizon this thing he's seeing is at, at that particular time.

Well since I'm at work I don't have any of that. As for the direction I was
wrong since the highway I am by is heading North and this seemed South of
it. Why I didn't take into consideration is the turn of the highway. So it
NE actually. Sorry........

But the first time I posted this I thought it was a planet and was told
there are no planets visible at this time of year. Sorry for the wrong
direction and all that...


:{


"Wally Anglesea" wrote in
message
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"dude" wrote in message
...
OK last time they told me it was a star because no planets are visible
at
this time... But no way is this a star...

I live in Wisconsin (-6:00GMT). It is currently 3:15am and there is a
bright
object in the SouthEast sky.

It is redish but also twinkles white. It is too big to be a star.

On my days off it was too cloudy to take my telescope out. Now I am at
work
and saw it on my break again.

Please, can someone go outside and tell me WTF it is?!?!?!?

According to my copy of Starry Night, Venus is up in Wisconsin at that
time, and Venus is pretty much at it's brightest.

You might want to try heavens above:
www.heavens-above.com

"dude" wrote in message
...

"Algomeysa2" wrote in message
nk.net...
Venus would just barely be clearing the treetops at 3:15am Wisconsin
time,
and between E and NE.

If his description of SE is accurate, it's probably Deneb Kaitos that
he's
seeing.

What would be helpful, rather than just "No way it's a star!" is if this
guy
got a compass and got a really accurate reading of where in the sky he
is
looking, and then got a protractor and took note of how many degrees
above
the horizon this thing he's seeing is at, at that particular time.

Well since I'm at work I don't have any of that. As for the direction I
was
wrong since the highway I am by is heading North and this seemed South of
it. Why I didn't take into consideration is the turn of the highway. So it
NE actually. Sorry........

But the first time I posted this I thought it was a planet and was told
there are no planets visible at this time of year. Sorry for the wrong
direction and all that...


:{


I kind of took a guess that from your description you would work out your
directions :-)

Even I get my directions mixed up in the wee small hours.

Algomaysa2 is quite correct in that Deneb Kaitos is in the SE at that time,
but your description suggested Venus.

Since you were asking about a really bright object, there's only one *really
bright* object at that time, and you would have mentioned you knew it wasn't
Venus if you knew Venus was up at that time. It was a matter of deduction.
:-)






"Wally Anglesea" wrote in
message
...

"dude" wrote in message
...
OK last time they told me it was a star because no planets are
visible
at
this time... But no way is this a star...

I live in Wisconsin (-6:00GMT). It is currently 3:15am and there is
a
bright
object in the SouthEast sky.

It is redish but also twinkles white. It is too big to be a star.

On my days off it was too cloudy to take my telescope out. Now I am
at
work
and saw it on my break again.

Please, can someone go outside and tell me WTF it is?!?!?!?

According to my copy of Starry Night, Venus is up in Wisconsin at
that
time, and Venus is pretty much at it's brightest.

You might want to try heavens above:
www.heavens-above.com

"dude" wrote in message
...
OK last time they told me it was a star because no planets are visible at
this time... But no way is this a star...

I live in Wisconsin (-6:00GMT). It is currently 3:15am and there is a
bright
object in the SouthEast sky.

It is redish but also twinkles white. It is too big to be a star.

On my days off it was too cloudy to take my telescope out. Now I am at
work
and saw it on my break again.

Please, can someone go outside and tell me WTF it is?!?!?!?

Venus

"dude" wrote in message
...

"Algomeysa2" wrote in message
nk.net...
Venus would just barely be clearing the treetops at 3:15am Wisconsin
time,
and between E and NE.

If his description of SE is accurate, it's probably Deneb Kaitos that
he's
seeing.

What would be helpful, rather than just "No way it's a star!" is if this
guy
got a compass and got a really accurate reading of where in the sky he
is
looking, and then got a protractor and took note of how many degrees
above
the horizon this thing he's seeing is at, at that particular time.

Well since I'm at work I don't have any of that. As for the direction I
was
wrong since the highway I am by is heading North and this seemed South of
it. Why I didn't take into consideration is the turn of the highway. So it
NE actually. Sorry........

But the first time I posted this I thought it was a planet and was told
there are no planets visible at this time of year. Sorry for the wrong
direction and all that...

No planets visible at NIGHT... 3:15 in the morning is MORNING. g