4am

[JustOne]

If you look due East you can see Jupiter low in the sky and below it beaming like a torch is Venus, really bright at the moment. Right between them and off to the right a little is a faint twinkling star (redish?)... anyone know what one that is?

 

[shewy]

Nope, but it's daylight in the northern north sea.
If you have a smartphone download the google starmap app to it that will tell you what it is,great app.

 

[chrisd]

The only thing visible to me at 4am this morning was the back of my eyelids James!

 

[Leftie]

That would be Aldebaran - the "eye" of Taurus The Bull. This is a winter constellation. Oh dear, where did summer go (if it ever arrived).

 

[JustOne]

That would be Aldebaran - the "eye" of Taurus The Bull. This is a winter constellation. Oh dear, where did summer go (if it ever arrived).

I thought it was but it seemed too high... I thought it was supposed to be lower, closer to Venus?

(Apparently Betelgeuse should also be visible and I was wondering if it might be that? but again it might be too high?)

 

[Leftie]

I thought it was but it seemed too high... I thought it was supposed to be lower, closer to Venus?

(Apparently Betelgeuse should also be visible and I was wondering if it might be that? but again it might be too high?)

Aldebaran.

Betelgeuse wouldn't have been above the horizon until about 4.15 and well below Venus and Jupiter.

 

[Region3]

You probably already know James, but the double-check to know if it's Aldebaran you're looking at is that it's the bottom left (and brightest) of 5 stars close together in the shape of a > pointing slightly downwards.

I have a pic that I took messing about with settings shortly after I got my new camera.

Aldebaran is closest to the top left in the right half of the window (the star top left of the > is not visible), and Betelgeuse is the bright one closest to the top of the window in the left side.

 

[G1BB0]

didnt know you had a view of the sphinx from your bedroom Gary

 

[Region3]

didnt know you had a view of the sphinx from your bedroom Gary

Yes, the wife went through an Egyptian phase and we have well over a dozen ornaments in the bedroom.
A 2' tall Anubis staring across the room at me isn't my idea of tasteful decor either!

 

[Smiffy]

Yes, the wife went through an Egyptian phase

So did my ex.
She went back to live with her mummy for a few months.

 

[6inchcup]

i rolled over in bed at 4am and all i got was a full view of uranus, close your bloody curtains!!!!!!

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Has anyone seen James in the sunlight?

Has he turned into a Vampire only playing after dark

I think we should be told

Fragger

 

[sev112]

Gary - youve got some pixels missing on your digital camera - i would send it back