Re: Bright object in western sky?

In uk.sci.astronomy message <5bpfu5F2ua3q7U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sat,
26 May 2007 02:13:33, OG <owen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted:

"Dr J R Stockton" <jrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In uk.sci.astronomy message <1179993348.329394.95630@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
roups.com>, Thu, 24 May 2007 00:55:48, Will <billrigby@xxxxxxxxxxx>
posted:

My bedroom window faces West, and I've noticed in the last couple of
clear nights a very bright object in the sky.

You've had an answer to your specific question.

More generally, <http://www.heavens-above.com/>, go to Enter, insert
latitude, longitude, height, time zone; Main Menu (copy URL for future

"To be honest, if the question is "What's that bright thing in the sky in
the evening?" there's almost always only one answer.

But the question might be "What's that other bright thing in the
evening?"

Jupiter can look very bright in the late evening, especially if there's
not much else bright in the visual field.

Iridium flares will be seen as impermanent and moving.

Round here, there are often bright lights in the south-west, comparable
with Venus, which don't change much over a minute or two. Eventually,
though, one can tell that they are heading for Heathrow.

There are sometimes others, presumed hovering over crashes on the A3;
they could possibly be less obvious in nature from further away.

See <URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/astron-2.htm>#CVS for more.

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