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Name the Heavenly Bodies
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<blockquote data-quote="Bourbon Neat" data-source="post: 434344" data-attributes="member: 37727"><p>First shot is facing west. According to my research online, the planet is Venus and the flaring to its lower left is Lovejoy. After seeing Lovejoy in the photo, I then looked to that direction and saw the same thing on two more consecutive evenings. Both evenings it was lower to the horizon until not visible. In my opinion a better viewing than Halley's.</p><p></p><p>The second shot, according to online research, is either an iridium flare or a fireball.</p><p></p><p>Again online research, there are about 60 communications satellites orbiting earth, called the iridium constellation. These are satellite communications units, remember the $5000 satellite phone? I guess they often reflect light and can sometimes be seen glinting during the day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bourbon Neat, post: 434344, member: 37727"] First shot is facing west. According to my research online, the planet is Venus and the flaring to its lower left is Lovejoy. After seeing Lovejoy in the photo, I then looked to that direction and saw the same thing on two more consecutive evenings. Both evenings it was lower to the horizon until not visible. In my opinion a better viewing than Halley's. The second shot, according to online research, is either an iridium flare or a fireball. Again online research, there are about 60 communications satellites orbiting earth, called the iridium constellation. These are satellite communications units, remember the $5000 satellite phone? I guess they often reflect light and can sometimes be seen glinting during the day. [/QUOTE]
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