On my way home from work, and the sky is clear, traveling east, there is this little light in the sky at about "ten o'clock", that caught my eye.....all the stars were out, but this one IS different!!!!...I am not nuts, but you can see colors...I stopped at the intersection to get a really good look at it...(I live in a rural area, no traffic)....and really really looked at it to see if I was seeing what I was seeing.....it is brighter sort of than the stars, lower than the stars, and the "colors" look red and blue... and it isn't a plane, it doesn't move, but the "colors" seem to sort of "move".....I live very close to Ft.Campbell, about 40 min away, so I guess it could be a military thing....but it is in the same spot for almost 4 weeks now....I showed my boss it, and he said it may be a planet......anyone have any sound and not smart alec input???????
2007-01-01 18:18:01 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
a sattelite by far seems to be reasonable......glad someone else has seen a similar thing!!!
2007-01-01 18:27:11 · update #1
Venus is in the evening sky right now, close behind the sun. If you can get your hands on even a cheap pair of binoculars, you'll see it as a tiny crescent-moon shape. The coloring you're talking about would be Earth-atmosphere induced. Venus is completely engulfed in a solid white carbon dioxide layer of clouds.
2007-01-01 18:30:05 · answer #1 · answered by Gary H 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well it is not a satelite. Satelites that are Geo stationary are in the Clarke belt and that is 23,000 miles away. Satelites that we can see are in an orbit and if you know when and where to look you will see them pass by. A star is what you see and yes I have seen it. In short terms light has many colors, Not all stars are seen as white in color. If light is bent just right it will be seen as other colors. Light is a frequency of energy that our eyes collect Then after it is bent in our atmosphere it is bent again in through our lens on our eyes and then into our eyes, collected on our retina and our brain trys to describe what it is receiving. And if you stare at it long enough it will make sudden moves like it just moved 50 miles.
2007-01-02 03:05:43 · answer #2 · answered by Troy H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From your description of direction and altitude, it could be the star Capella, although this doesn't fit with your colour scheme as it is generally yellowish. It's the 6th brightest star and is actually made up of 4 stars. If you're sure it's not Capella, then sorry, but I don't have another answer.
2007-01-02 06:59:32 · answer #3 · answered by falzoon 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have something very similar to that here in OK. It is a satelite that is strictly for the the air force base that I live close to. Maybe the base you are close to just put one up for them.
2007-01-02 02:22:06 · answer #4 · answered by neverland_mom 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Could be one of the larger planets, or a sattelite.
2007-01-02 02:32:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Could it be a sattelite?
2007-01-02 02:21:37 · answer #6 · answered by MeanKitty 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i heard somebody suggesting ,that is probably,the Spacial
Station
2007-01-02 03:19:48 · answer #7 · answered by Byzantino 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it's a planet
2007-01-02 02:31:11 · answer #8 · answered by xxstar_dustxx06 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
<>This site will explain your flashing stars:
http://www.earthsky.org/article/50579/what-is-that-bright-star-flashing-colors
2007-01-02 02:29:51 · answer #9 · answered by druid 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋