[buddysbuddy]

I am in woodhouse.Last night about 9 o clock I looked out of my window in a northerly direction. In the sky was a very bright object [ not a star, im sure] it looked like 3 or 4 lights hanging vertically with occaisional lights at each side. does anyone know what it could be? and it was white light not orange so I dont think it was the famous lanterns.

[peak4]

I didn't notice anything from Crookes and I've just had a quick look on Stellarium which doen't show any planets to the north at 21.00.

Well worth having a look at the program though, it's a free download.

[heavydog]

Originally Posted by buddysbuddy

I am in woodhouse.Last night about 9 o clock I looked out of my window in a northerly direction. In the sky was a very bright object [ not a star, im sure] it looked like 3 or 4 lights hanging vertically with occaisional lights at each side. does anyone know what it could be? and it was white light not orange so I dont think it was the famous lanterns.

any chance it could be a satellite or maybe the space station?

[megalithic]

I was out last night between 20.30 and 21.00 having a quick look at Jupiter, i didn't notice anything to the North, though i wasn't really looking in that direction.

[vwkittie]

Originally Posted by peak4

I didn't notice anything from Crookes and I've just had a quick look on Stellarium which doen't show any planets to the north at 21.00.

Well worth having a look at the program though, it's a free download.

That looks cool I might get that down, there's also Google Sky Map, a free app, which is brilliant for seeing what things are in the night sky.

[The_Boy_Hoy]

just looked on sky walk app and ursa major would have been almost bang on north, not really 3 lights hanging in that though..... could easily have been stars was very clear last night, could also have been the start of an imenant UFO invasion too, guess we'll never know....... or will we..

[beemerchez]

The moon lite up jupiter last night and you could see the 4 moons around it very clearly
like silver bullets
even with my 15x50 binoculars
the moon was amazing last night thats if you like looking at the moon
it washed everything else out.
I Know it was FREEZING Brrrrrr.lol

[spritulist]

yes it has been cold at night ..will have to keep a look out to see if i can see some thing interesting

[SV500]

"any chance it could be a satellite or maybe the space station?"

Honestly ? .. you've obviously never seen a satellite or the stn


I took a few long exposures (architecture) and there's nothing but clouds in the northern sky from my location,
It sounds more like a light display from a pub/club,its always hard to tell from reading a description on the net,

But my money would be on the dreaded lanterns as per

JJ..