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Was just out watching the space station go over, and over in the ssw was
Jupiter. Not much new there, but as I was looking around with the cheapo binocs, about 10 deg. below Jupiter was something akin to what some folks would describe as a "disco ball".. It was multi-colored, mostly red's, whites, and a bit of green. At first I thought it was just navigation lights, but after watching it for about 10 minutes and it didn't move like an airplane or satellite, I was a bit dumbfounded. Just took a look in Starry Night, and it would appear to be "Antares". Does this description sound familiar to anyone, or was I looking at something much different? It was very visible just to the eye, and fairly spectacular through goggles, can't say I've ever seen a star so multi-colored or shimmering as that! This was at about 9:50pm off the coast of Van. Island. d. |
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In article , Skywise wrote:
Low altitude star twinkling. When so low to the horizon, the atmosphere acts like a prism, splitting the stars colors. The usual twinkling caused by atmospheric turbulence combines with this prism effect to make the star change colors quite rapidly. You are the second person I've run across to have observed the same star doing the same thing and thinking it was a satellite. Brian Well, according to Starry Night, Antares is a "multiple star", which may account for the appearance, maybe due to interference of light from mulitple sources, etc. It's going to be clear out tonight and it should be visible, as should STS 118 and ISS, which are about a minute apart in orbit. Lot's o' fun stuff to be looking at, just wish I had a proper 'scope!, er.. Actually, just a good motorized platform for all of the optical gizmo's I do have.. d. |
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