Calling Drasnor....#2

aspieRommel

It's me again with another nighttime "star" pic. Anyway, I was waalking home when I noticed said "star" in the sky. It was as bright as the lights from an airplane (I have a lot of commercial airliners fly over my house so I see their landing lights quite often) so I figured that's what it was. However, 20 minutes later, it was still in the same spot. So I snapped a picture of it.

The "star" is in the middle of the white circle. The picture was taken at 4:43 am EST. I am looking east/southeast.

I am wondering what it is....

shwaip

could just be a planet

fyi google sky app will tell you what things are when you hold your phone up to them

RyanFodder

It's very likely to be Venus, which is in that direction and uncommonly bright.

http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury

aspieRommel

@shwaip said:
could just be a planet

fyi google sky app will tell you what things are when you hold your phone up to them

Like I said in #1, I don't have a phone that would support it.

Tushon

http://tonightssky.com/MainPage.php

Convert your location to longitude and latitude, plug in the details to that website and you'll find the confirmation you seek.

Canti

IT'S PIKACHU!

drasnor

As long as you didn't see this I think you'll be OK.

aspieRommel

@drasnor said:
As long as you didn't see this I think you'll be OK.

[Edited]

Thought it was a gamma ray burst or something but when I opened it in a new tab I realized what it was.