Massive star in the east tonight

Originally posted by FabianFnas
I say you cannot see Venus in the evening in the east.
Are we talking about a different object?

I didn't say you can see Venus in the evening in the east.

I said that the object seen in the evening in the east is Jupiter!

And the object seen at 4AM in the east is Venus!

Originally posted by David113
I didn't say you can see Venus in the evening in the east.

I said that the object seen in the evening in the east is Jupiter!

And the object seen at 4AM in the east is Venus!

Sorry for my confusion. Two separate objects, it is.

Thanks for all the replies to what was clearly a vague OP, sorry.

In my limited experience and to support Fabian, it was definitely not Venus - far too big, unless something weird has happened to her orbit!

I can now confirm (for any astromoners) it was East by South East if that helps. It was huge and not moving; I believe it can only have been the space station or some satellite in fixed orbit.

Originally posted by divegeester
Thanks for all the replies to what was clearly a vague OP, sorry.

In my limited experience and to support Fabian, it was definitely not Venus - far too big, unless something weird has happened to her orbit!

I can now confirm (for any astromoners) it was East by South East if that helps. It was huge and not moving; I believe it can only have been the space station or some satellite in fixed orbit.

If it was not moving, it was definitely NOT the space station. The space station moves fast (I saw it a few times). And no satellite in geostationary orbit can be seen from earth with naked eye.

If the object is still there it is probably Jupiter. As I said before look again on september 2 about an hour or two after sunset. Jupiter will be below the moon and to the right, so you can identify it.

If you want to see the space station I will tell you when and where you can see it from London.

Jebus..it was frickin mars ok?

Mars' orbit is bringing it closer to earth than usual this august. It's nothing unusual, it happens every so often. Look it up.

There is even a hoax about it. Read more.

http://www.snopes.com/science/astronomy/brightmars.asp

Originally posted by uzless
Jebus..it was frickin mars ok?

Mars' orbit is bringing it closer to earth than usual this august. It's nothing unusual, it happens every so often. Look it up.

There is even a hoax about it. Read more.

http://www.snopes.com/science/astronomy/brightmars.asp

Today is not 2003.

In august 2009 it was impossible to see mars in the east in the early evening hours. And even when it did rise, its magnitude was about 1.0 - nothing spectacular.