Ogdred Weary
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I went into the garden a few minutes ago, so some time soon after 6AM and there was a very bright and large object in the sky, sunrise is a while ago but much of the sky is varying shades of blue, rather than black. The object is stationary and I cannot see any twinkling, in a different portion of the sky a single very bright star is noticeable but is much smaller and noticeably twinkling. For comparison, an aircraft of some sort happened to fly past and is transparently a plane - noise, several lights, some of the shape all visible.
I presume the static object is a star but is much larger and brighter than I've observed any star being? Or is it a planet - bigger, no twinkling? Needless to say I am an astronomical ignoramus. In the time it's taken me to come inside and type this the sky has lightened considerably and the object is no longer visible.
I presume the static object is a star but is much larger and brighter than I've observed any star being? Or is it a planet - bigger, no twinkling? Needless to say I am an astronomical ignoramus. In the time it's taken me to come inside and type this the sky has lightened considerably and the object is no longer visible.