ok just about 3 minutes ago i let my dogs in from the backyard and i noticed a star that i don't think ive seen before. it looks just like one of those flickering stars that are flicker blue and red only just seems a tad brighter, but not much. and i just looked out again and i saw some kind of very fast blink about 4 inches away from it from where i am to it and i hardly saw the blink.
2007-01-14 12:51:08 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
it seems to have more yellow now.
2007-01-14 12:52:20 · update #1
o yeah and it's not moving at all, and now i think it could just be a star, but i swear i haven't seen a star there before. ill keep observing though
2007-01-14 12:58:10 · update #2
ok now i'm pretty sure it is a star now. but it is fun veiwing the night sky.
2007-01-14 13:02:52 · update #3
Could be an airplane or something else maybe a satelitte theres a number of things that it could have been.
2007-01-14 12:55:12 · answer #1 · answered by Ky_bello 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Many optical illusions are possible when looking at the night sky.
The blue and red flicker you talk about makes me think you're looking at a star called Sirius in the constellation Canus Major.
If you stare at it on a clear night it can look like a police car is flashing it's red lights as it runs around the star in a circle!
And the illusion doesn't go away just because you know it's an illusion. What fun!
Keep enjoying the night sky. It's good for you.
2007-01-14 20:59:24 · answer #2 · answered by crashbarrierone 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I watch the sky lots every night. Chances are you don't pay a lot of attention to it.
It sounds to me like you are just observing a plain old, ordinary star whose light is being refracted by the atmosphere and appears to be blinking different colors. This is the same effect that makes the air over the roads appear to shimmer with a mirage effect when the road's hot. I see this all the time with stars. Yawn. Trust me, it's not a UFO.
Actually, I was going to mention Sirius also. The flashing effect is particularly pronounced with Sirius, I often see it with that star.
2007-01-14 20:59:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it was in the air and you have not identified it, it was an unidentified flying object. Someone else seeing it might well have identified it so for them it wasn't a UFO. It was probably an aeroplane.
2007-01-14 21:00:09 · answer #4 · answered by tentofield 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think your smoking some good pot .. This could explain the different colours,lol its not a ufo its your dog trying to take a crap
2007-01-14 21:16:36 · answer #5 · answered by Jerry 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Might be a plane...but could be a UFO too! Nice observation!
2007-01-14 20:54:48 · answer #6 · answered by AD 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For you it's an unidentified flying object.
But I identify it as an airplane.
2007-01-14 20:59:35 · answer #7 · answered by wolf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're probably looking at the new comet.
2007-01-14 21:01:14 · answer #8 · answered by eri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nice observations. skills of a true scientist. you can tell some one and they can probaly observe it. scientist i mean
2007-01-14 21:48:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats nice
2007-01-17 12:43:29 · answer #10 · answered by Mario diaz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋