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Post by kidcrewbob on Oct 27, 2013 16:52:24 GMT
Sitting an hour after sunset over the Adriatic an there's a single bright star a-glowing in the western sky - as bright as feck. Quick check on Google reveals no fecker seems to know .....
Is it Venus perhaps, or Cygnus or something else?
Seems to be moving from left to right and possibly getting higher over the horizon.......
Answers on a postcard please...... TIA
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Post by harryburrows on Oct 27, 2013 17:03:01 GMT
Sitting an hour after sunset over the Adriatic an there's a single bright star a-glowing in the western sky - as bright as feck. Quick check on Google reveals no fecker seems to know ..... Is it Venus perhaps, or Cygnus or something else? Seems to be moving from left to right and possibly getting higher over the horizon....... Answers on a postcard please...... TIA Minnie will be all over it mate he's even got Patrick moores physique |
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Post by kidcrewbob on Oct 27, 2013 17:05:25 GMT
C'mon Minnie put me out of my misery (watching Chelski Citeh with Croat commentary!!! )
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2013 17:52:28 GMT
Sitting an hour after sunset over the Adriatic an there's a single bright star a-glowing in the western sky - as bright as feck. Quick check on Google reveals no fecker seems to know ..... Is it Venus perhaps, or Cygnus or something else? Seems to be moving from left to right and possibly getting higher over the horizon....... Answers on a postcard please...... TIA Minnie will be all over it mate he's even got Patrick moores physique Cunt  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2013 17:54:20 GMT
C'mon Minnie put me out of my misery (watching Chelski Citeh with Croat commentary!!! ) Probably is Cygnus mate  I'm almost sure it is I'm trying to get my head around what you can see in that part of the world .....I love astronomy but I have the memory of a fish  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2013 17:57:00 GMT
Deneb maybe after thinking about it
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Post by harryburrows on Oct 27, 2013 18:03:52 GMT
Deneb maybe after thinking about it Uranus my Arse , just say I don't know  |
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Post by desman2 on Oct 27, 2013 18:04:58 GMT
Get a programme called stellarium (free). Put your location in and you can do a 360 sweep of the sky from your location. It will tell you what it is. Options are Venus, Space station, Sirius, or Cygnus.
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Post by desman2 on Oct 27, 2013 18:07:05 GMT
Get a programme called stellarium (free). Put your location in and you can do a 360 sweep of the sky from your location. It will tell you what it is. Options are Venus, Space station, Sirius, or Cygnus.
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Post by greenhoff74 on Oct 27, 2013 18:27:00 GMT
Venus and Saturn are setting in the west at that time.
They appear to move left to right but they're not it's the earth turning relative to the plane of the solar system.
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Post by kidcrewbob on Oct 27, 2013 19:33:49 GMT
Nice one - thanks folks.......fascinating subject.......and a bit mind blowing if you think about it too hard !!!
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Post by elystokie on Oct 28, 2013 2:06:32 GMT
Whereabouts n Croatia are you kidcrew?
Had a holiday in Pula a couple of years ago, was very nice.
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Post by kidcrewbob on Oct 28, 2013 8:23:55 GMT
Just outside of Dubrovnik mate on the Lapad peninsula - beautiful and still nice and warm (25c ish) and clear blue skies.......Old Town fantastic if you can time your visit to avoid the cruise ship mobs!!!
Prices seem to have edged up since we were here in May probably as a result of joining the EU but still got there own currency......
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2013 10:18:32 GMT
google skymap will sort it for ya
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Post by kidcrewbob on Oct 28, 2013 10:50:13 GMT
Cheers - will give it a go later!
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Post by kidcrewbob on Oct 28, 2013 16:11:03 GMT
Loaded stellarium - cracking app - seems to suggest Vega is the brightest ?? Sun has only just gone down and can already seen this star - if it is Vega then it's 25 light years away, which I guess is just a cockstride in stellar terms!!
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Post by desman2 on Oct 28, 2013 16:32:21 GMT
If you zoom in on the objects you can see what they look like if close up. I use this app quite alot
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Post by greenhoff74 on Oct 28, 2013 17:09:43 GMT
It's Venus that's just above the horizon right now
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Post by kidcrewbob on Oct 28, 2013 19:56:58 GMT
All gone a bit cloudy - cant see any stars now!! Back wom tomorrow so will have to see what's hovering over N Staffs on Thursday nite !!!
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Post by iglugluk on Oct 28, 2013 20:01:29 GMT
Sitting an hour after sunset over the Adriatic an there's a single bright star a-glowing in the western sky - as bright as feck. Quick check on Google reveals no fecker seems to know ..... Is it Venus perhaps, or Cygnus or something else? Seems to be moving from left to right and possibly getting higher over the horizon....... Answers on a postcard please...... TIA If it doesn't twinkle it isn't a star. |
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Post by RichieBarkerOut! on Oct 29, 2013 21:12:54 GMT
I've just nipped down to the Costa del Sol, and it's definitely Venus. I've missed the Brum game to find out for you. I hope you appreciate the effort.
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Post by kidcrewbob on Oct 30, 2013 0:03:01 GMT
Just back from Croatia (landed just in time to see 4-3 117 mins turn to 4-4 118 mins FFS) - so Venus it is then! Thanks RBO :-)
K
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Post by RichieBarkerOut! on Oct 30, 2013 12:36:56 GMT
Just back from Croatia (landed just in time to see 4-3 117 mins turn to 4-4 118 mins FFS) - so Venus it is then! Thanks RBO :-) K ...and thanks for the update on the game  I think I'll stay out here for a few more days, just in case any more stars come out. Oh, and it's been around 23-28 every day this week  |
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Post by elystokie on Oct 30, 2013 12:47:05 GMT
Just outside of Dubrovnik mate on the Lapad peninsula - beautiful and still nice and warm (25c ish) and clear blue skies.......Old Town fantastic if you can time your visit to avoid the cruise ship mobs!!! Prices seem to have edged up since we were here in May probably as a result of joining the EU but still got there own currency...... Sounds good, I'd love to go again personally but the wife doesn't believe in going back to places we've been, she much prefers trying new places. I may use this 'philosophy' of hers to go on my own back to Thailand for a golfing holiday  Prices weren't exactly cheap when we were there to be honest, not outrageous but certainly not cheap. |
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