Celestial Object tonight

daginge | 18:24 Thu 26th Jan 2012 | Hobbies & Interests

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Can anyone identify the extremely bright and beautiful object I saw at about 17:00 tonight positioned at about 7 o'clock to the moon? It has now unfortunately clouded over in North West England and it's disappeared LOL
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boxtops

At that time of night, then it is usually, Venus showing as an "evening star", see here http://www.eaae-astro...Shops/VenusOrbit.html

rockyracoon

We've been seeing Venus quite clearly here for the past fews days, it's got a slight yellowy hue about it.

daginge

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Thanks BT!

tiggerblue10

I also noticed another bright object further away but at about 10 o'clock to the moon. It wasn't flickering like a star so I thought it might be Jupiter.

Prudie

I can't work out the o'clock to the moon descriptions you are using but Jupiter, as well as Venus, has been the brightest object in the sky for weeks.

daginge

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Prudie, just imagine the moon as the face of a clock! The object is on a line out from 7 on the face clock!

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