It's brighter than Aldebaran as but it changes magnitude so quickly, it disappears around 18:00 UTC it's yellow, it appeared before Aldebaran and M45 it is Immobile and I live on 33"53N and 35"28 E , I saw it yesterday at the same place, and it's almost the first star in the sky(before Aldeberan)
2007-03-19 00:07:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It is not exactly between it is more south than Aldebaran and M45 but it is on the right of Aldebaran and on the left of M45
2007-03-19 03:11:48 · update #1
i am going to have to agree with these guys, i think you are seeing venus. ive been looking at the sky every night and i havent seen anything between aldeberan and the pleadies. however i think the reason you are seeing this object change magnitude is because it is at the right hight in the sky so that the atmosphere here on earth is blurring the image and making it look yellow. i suggest going out a little earleir tonight right before it gets dark and look towards that area of sky, if you see this object before any other stars then yuo are definately seeing venus. after venus comes out, look about 90 degrees to the left and the next thing to pop out will be sirius and aldeberan will be the next star to pop out. i hope this helps, and if it is not venus that you are looking at, then i will be shocked. good luck!!!!!!
2007-03-19 01:54:01 · answer #1 · answered by Bones 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Venus is close to M45 but not close enought to be between Aldebaran and M45. I can find two variable stars in that vicinity 37 Tauri and HIP17759 but they arent very bright and hardly rate a mention. You got me curious now. Judging by the location at or near Beiruit Lebanon at approximately 7 pm or 1900 UTC, the bright star yellow star could be 37 Tauri going really bright but like I said it does not usually seem brighter than Aldebaran.
2007-03-19 07:58:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you saw a very bright star to the right of the Pleiades and Aldebaran, it was Venus, the Evening Star.
2007-03-19 07:23:17 · answer #3 · answered by NJGuy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, nothing really bright in-between Aldebaran and the Pleiades, so you are probably looking at a planet - Venus - down and setting toward the west.
The below link allows you to enter your longitude and latitude and specify the brightness of stars to show and to show labels for. (For start brightness, the bigger the number, the dimmer the star.)
2007-03-19 07:59:05 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like the others said you may have seen venus but if you think you have seen something more like a star then congrats! you have made a new discovery.
2007-03-19 12:55:05 · answer #5 · answered by joysam 【ツ】 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋