It was to the west. It appeared star-like and had an orange-ish tint. It appeared to be slowly moving, though... it seemed to move a little down and to the right over a period of twenty minutes.
2007-03-28 15:34:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It was Venus and you were watching it set. The orangish tint is due either to being near the horizon or smoke/dust in the air. Mars and Jupiter are not in the evening sky and Saturn is too far East and not especially bright (It's covered by the Moon tonight).
Venus will continue to be very prominent in the Western evening sky until June.
2007-03-28 17:13:21 · answer #1 · answered by skepsis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Could have been a planet or star...venus maybe. Since it was in the west, it would appear to move down over time, just like the sun when it sets, due to the rotation of the earth.
Venus has been known to fool people... plane pilots, train engineers and truck drivers have stopped or tried to evade venus thinking it was another vehicle coming at them.
2007-03-28 22:40:40 · answer #2 · answered by Wolverine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That sounds ike Venus seen through horizon haze. As the earth turns, stellar objects like Venus appear to move down and to the right at dusk.
2007-03-28 23:34:04 · answer #3 · answered by Michael da Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well done Skepsis - nice concise answer.
Did you know that Venus is the object most often reported as a UFO.
Fact is the average person's observational ability is really really bad.
2007-03-29 00:17:28 · answer #4 · answered by nick s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mars
2007-03-28 23:26:41 · answer #5 · answered by destructobuu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmmm....maybe it was venus...or probably the sun....while it was going down...it depends what time you saw it...
2007-03-28 22:47:19 · answer #6 · answered by Miah 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how dark was it when you saw it?
2007-03-29 08:13:44 · answer #7 · answered by neutron 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋