Bright object in western sky?

In uk.sci.astronomy message
roups.com, Thu, 24 May 2007 00:55:48, Will
posted:

My bedroom window faces West, and I've noticed in the last couple of
clear nights a very bright object in the sky.

You've had an answer to your specific question.

More generally, http://www.heavens-above.com/, go to Enter, insert
latitude, longitude, height, time zone; Main Menu (copy URL for future
use), _Astronomy_ Whole Sky Chart. At this moment, it shows me Jupiter,
Saturn & Venus; a but earlier, Mercury would have been up.

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On Thu, 24 May 2007 07:55:48 GMT, Will wrote:

COMPLETE NEWBIE:

I quail slightly at asking a dumb question, so be gentle with me!

My bedroom window faces West, and I've noticed in the last couple
of clear nights a very bright object in the sky. It doesn't
"wink" so I assume it's not a star, but it's pretty spectacular.
A planet, maybe? I'm sorry I don't have the technical language to
describe its position better, but then if I did, I'd probably know
what it was. If it makes any difference, I'm in Gloucestershire.

TIA

Will.


Greetings fellow Gloucestershire-person.

"Dr J R Stockton" wrote in message
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In uk.sci.astronomy message
roups.com, Thu, 24 May 2007 00:55:48, Will
posted:

My bedroom window faces West, and I've noticed in the last couple of
clear nights a very bright object in the sky.

You've had an answer to your specific question.

More generally, http://www.heavens-above.com/, go to Enter, insert
latitude, longitude, height, time zone; Main Menu (copy URL for future

"To be honest, if the question is "What's that bright thing in the sky in
the evening?" there's almost always only one answer.

"To be honest, if the question is "What's that bright thing in the sky in
the evening?" there's almost always only one answer.



The Sun?

;-)

Tim Duke wrote:
"To be honest, if the question is "What's that bright thing in the sky in
the evening?" there's almost always only one answer.



The Sun?

;-)


In the evening?

John.

"To be honest, if the question is "What's that bright thing in the sky
in the evening?" there's almost always only one answer.

The Sun?


In the evening?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evening...ion_of_Evening

"Will" wrote in message
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COMPLETE NEWBIE:

My bedroom window faces West, and I've noticed in the last couple of
clear nights a very bright object in the sky. It doesn't "wink" so I
assume it's not a star, but it's pretty spectacular. A planet,
maybe? I'm sorry I don't have the technical language to describe its
position better, but then if I did, I'd probably know what it was. If
it makes any difference, I'm in Gloucestershire.

If it's directly West at 9.00pm then it's Venus. Saturn is to the West (and
slightly lower in the sky) about two and a half hours later but it's not as
bright and looks more like a star to the naked eye.

No, it doesn't make any difference as I'm in Gloucestershire too. (Hello
Rexx.)

R.

PS. Apologies for the ravings of oriel36, by the way. He attempts to hijack
every thread: you will learn to ignore him.

In uk.sci.astronomy message , Sat,
26 May 2007 02:13:33, OG posted:

"Dr J R Stockton" wrote in message
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In uk.sci.astronomy message
roups.com, Thu, 24 May 2007 00:55:48, Will
posted:

My bedroom window faces West, and I've noticed in the last couple of
clear nights a very bright object in the sky.

You've had an answer to your specific question.

More generally, http://www.heavens-above.com/, go to Enter, insert
latitude, longitude, height, time zone; Main Menu (copy URL for future

"To be honest, if the question is "What's that bright thing in the sky in
the evening?" there's almost always only one answer.

But the question might be "What's that other bright thing in the
evening?"

Jupiter can look very bright in the late evening, especially if there's
not much else bright in the visual field.

Iridium flares will be seen as impermanent and moving.

Round here, there are often bright lights in the south-west, comparable
with Venus, which don't change much over a minute or two. Eventually,
though, one can tell that they are heading for Heathrow.

There are sometimes others, presumed hovering over crashes on the A3;
they could possibly be less obvious in nature from further away.

See URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/astron-2.htm#CVS for more.

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"Tim Duke" wrote in message
...
"To be honest, if the question is "What's that bright thing in the sky
in the evening?" there's almost always only one answer.

The Sun?


In the evening?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evening...ion_of_Evening

I can only imagine what the uncivil definition of Evening would be :-)

I can only imagine what the uncivil definition of Evening would be :-)

;-)