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Oooooo what's that?

5,517 one  7.8 years ago

What is this thing? If its a star why it doesn't flicker?

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Picture taken on 8:06 PM GMT+8

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    5,517 one

    @ChiChiWerx ooo

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    30.3k ChiChiWerx

    @RedstoneAeroAviation yes, the Orion Nebula, designated as M42 in the Messier catalog, should be visible if you can see Betelgeuse. In fact, if you have a relatively dark sky you should be able to see with the naked eye.

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    5,517 one

    @ChiChiWerx ah i know betelgeuse. So if Betelgeuse was visible can the orion nebulae be visible through telescope?

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    30.3k ChiChiWerx

    @RedstoneAeroAviation I would have to know where in the sky you saw the orange object to determine if that was Mars or not. Planets don't flicker (or twinkle) the way stars do, so if it was flickering, it was probably a star. There are several bright red/orange stars in the sky this time of year, including Betelgeuse, which is at the "head" of Orion.

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    @ChiChiWerx and also i could see flickering non moving dark orange object the camera didn't pick it up. Can it be mars? Or mars is just too far to be visible

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    @ChiChiWerx i take the picture with samsung j3 5mp zoom:0% on the non zoomed picture

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    5,517 one

    @ChiChiWerx the non zoomed picture didn't use any magnification.

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    146k Feanor

    Could be a plane, drone, Chinese lantern, planet or satellite.

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    6,368 KDS

    Ailens... lol. It's a planet.

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    oooh venus!!@ChiChiWerx

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    30.3k ChiChiWerx

    I think you were facing roughly to the west/southwest, at 2000L, it was a couple of hours after sunset, the light is lower in the sky, but not set, and from the zoomed-in image, it appears to be roughly crescent-shaped (though that is less certain, given the image's quality). Also, the non-zoomed image appears to also be crescent-shaped, but I would be surprised if your camera would see that unless there was at least a little magnification. I would say with 80-90% confidence, Venus.

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    30.3k ChiChiWerx

    Well, from your GMT +8, you're in Western Australia, Malaysia, Philippines, China, Mongolia or Central Russia. Probably a planet. With what did you take the picture and which direction were you facing when you took the picture?

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