Posted on 03/23/2013 8:36:32 PM PDT by CapnJack
Did anybody else here happen to be looking into the north sky and see a star get really bright and then just wink out???
I was standing on my back deck having a cigar and looking up at the north by northeast sky and was looking at a patch of sky (the night sky is very clear tonight here in NH) and saw a star twinkle for a second or two, then it got really bright, brighter than any other star out tonight. Then it just winked out and was gone.
If you looked up and find the Big Dipper and and draw a line between the last star on the handle and the North Star, then go to the 1/2 point on the line and then go down about 1/3 the distance of the line on a 90 degree angle ... that is where the star was.
Just wondering if anyone else just happend to be looking up at the sky tonight.
Here in Nebraska there was a meteor that made quite a splash last night per the news today.
And if you are right on axis it’s 50 times brighter than Venus!
Sounds like an irridium flare. Give me your lat-long date and time and I’ll check.
Recently we have been worrying about asteroids, now we have to worry about supernovas....
GAMMA RAY BURSTS!!!!!!
Gore will probably blame global warming....
I saw ut.
I saw an iridium flash in daylight. You can see them just about anytime if you are in that perfect location and time period.
If u actually saw a supernova w a naked eye like that we’d probably be dead.
it’s not a tumah!
I checked http://www.heavens-above.com with a point in New Hampshire and there weren't any Iridium flares on 3/23/2013.
But how about Remus?
No, that was Mars being blown-up by the reptilians.
You’re going to ruin a perfectly good story with facts???
Of course you can. You never made paper airplanes as a kid?
The Sirius system is only supposed to be a few hundred million years old, much younger than our own star. It is not a supermassive star, but has a much higher iron content, and will reach its end of life in about 600 million more years. Sirius has in the past been reported to appear to change color, so that is more likely what you are seeing.
This guy supplies a lot of kewl stuff. I have an account and easily look up your iridium flare schedule.
If you do not know your latitude and longitude, find your location on google maps and right click on your house, or as close as you can and select “what’s here?” The lat-long of the point you clicked on will appear in the search window. Tell me the date and I can look up recent and future passes.
I could be another satellite. Also I don’t know how localized Iridium flares are, so I may have picked the wrong location in the state.
During the big Leonid shower of 15+/- years ago, I saw several of those, and it is a bit freaky at first, (Are my eyes playing tricks, etc?) until you realize what it is.
Lt. Hunkie: Captain! Captain! All the stars have gone out!
Capt KWIRK: No, you fool! You've leaned on the button! Turn the viewer back on!
Reamus lives in D.C.
*shrug* At least you looked. I merely assumed.
But we’re engaged!...
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