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Did I just see a star go supernova and wink out???
03/23/2013 | vanity

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.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy
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To: CapnJack

"The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus."

61 posted on 03/23/2013 10:07:16 PM PDT by Be Free (I believe in gun control. The more people that control their own guns, the safer we'll all be.)
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To: handmade
Here in Nebraska there was a meteor that made quite a splash last night per the news today.

Only heard about the east coast meteor; if a meteor flies over fly over country, it just ain't considered news.

They never mentioned yours even here in SD; what lake did it splash into?

62 posted on 03/23/2013 10:12:07 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: digger48

>”I can see Romulus from my house”<

From the “Porch” on your House I assume.

Does Tina Fey know about this?

On a related note, I can see Uranus on my TV every time Obama is making a Speech.


63 posted on 03/23/2013 10:15:34 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Compliance with Tyranny is Treason...)
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To: null and void

Of course we’re engaged! That’s why we’re 600,000,000 miles off course, and getting farther off course by the minute!


64 posted on 03/23/2013 10:16:21 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Oh Wally! Oh Wally! Oh Wally! Oh Wally!
You can’t do that in here, this is a broom closet!
But we’re engaged!
Well, disengage and report back to duty...


65 posted on 03/23/2013 10:20:50 PM PDT by null and void (If the government is so worried about civil disturbance, why are they working so hard to disturb us?)
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To: InvisibleChurch

May be wrong (I’m going from memory here), but I think the supernova that generated the Crab Nebula was observed and recorded by Chinese astronomers.


66 posted on 03/23/2013 10:30:12 PM PDT by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy... and call it progress")
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To: dalereed

Our back pasture is on a nearby airport landing glide path. Sometimes a landing plane coming straight at you can appear stationary for a bit of time. Have even seen them turn landing light on and off during approach, which will get your attention.

Opinion on original question, I suspect it was a satellite reflection. Depending on its position in relation to western horizon sunlight obstructing landmarks. It would be far out to see a star go Nova, but as another poster noted that takes place over several days, not seconds.


67 posted on 03/23/2013 10:33:48 PM PDT by X-spurt (Republic of Texas, Come and Take It!)
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To: null and void

OH! Wally; yes, WALLY. I thought you meant the warp drive was still engaged, which is really obvious since we’re now 140,000,000,000 miles off course....


68 posted on 03/23/2013 10:38:41 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: CapnJack

Take off the Google glasses.


69 posted on 03/23/2013 10:40:36 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Yardstick

The flying pig was making the jump into hyperspace.


70 posted on 03/23/2013 10:41:55 PM PDT by haroldeveryman
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To: CapnJack

I did not see what you saw. But, I have seen the same sort of thing while using a telescope. My friend and I were both looking at the same target star and a star in the field of view became very bright and went dim and disappeared in an instant.

We both said “did you see that?” at the same time.

Pretty cool.


71 posted on 03/23/2013 10:43:05 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: CapnJack
Capn,

If you were in NH, it was probably Romney that you saw for a brief second.

72 posted on 03/23/2013 10:54:46 PM PDT by Dave W
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To: ApplegateRanch

Congress of Wonders strikes again...


73 posted on 03/23/2013 11:05:19 PM PDT by null and void (If the government is so worried about civil disturbance, why are they working so hard to disturb us?)
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To: The Cajun
I did see a UFO once years ago that I still can't explain, don't tell anybody :)

We are temporarily using this account to remind YOU, again, not to tell anybody!

We now return control of this account to TigersEye. ;^)

74 posted on 03/23/2013 11:06:46 PM PDT by TigersEye (The irresponsible should not be leading the responsible.)
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To: null and void

They were a wonder, alright; and even more entertaining than Congress.

side note: I had a nightmare thought the other day, after seeing a piece of a schlock trailer: a Terminator built out of Replicators.


75 posted on 03/23/2013 11:11:15 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: ThomasThomas
Cigar? What kind of cigar?
LOL! ;-)

76 posted on 03/23/2013 11:20:07 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (who'll take tomorrow,$pend it all today;who can take your income,tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :-)
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To: Yaelle
your "smoking" what? ;-)

77 posted on 03/23/2013 11:22:19 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (who'll take tomorrow,$pend it all today;who can take your income,tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :-)
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To: TigersEye
We are temporarily using this account to remind YOU, again, not to tell anybody!

Desperately looking for tin foil, LOL.

78 posted on 03/23/2013 11:47:49 PM PDT by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
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To: The Cajun
What's goin' on? Gosh, this looks like an interesting thread. Thanks for the ping.

heh heh heh

79 posted on 03/23/2013 11:53:54 PM PDT by TigersEye (The irresponsible should not be leading the responsible.)
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To: TigersEye
heh heh heh

I can't hear you, have the tin foil wrapped tight with rubber bands holding it in place........So there :)

80 posted on 03/24/2013 12:01:54 AM PDT by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
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