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What am I seeing?
Hi,
I'm down in Tassie - south of Hobart. I've been trying to work out what I saw the other day - came across your forum and thought you'd be my best bet...
The other morning (21st or 22nd July, 2009) at about 5.30am I could see (naked eye) what I thought was a very bright Venus at about 15 degrees from the horizon in the North East.
But I could also see a second object - just as bright, which I would also have described as Venus at about 20 degrees up in the west.
I've only ever seen Venus looking this bright - so what was the second object? I'm sure it must have been a planet - and it didn't have the characteristic Mars look about it - really bright white - just like a very bright star.
Can anyone enlighten me? Also, is there a place I can answer this type of question without having to post? e.g. is there a good "what's up there tonight" web site? I keep following leads from search engines but haven't yet found a good source of updated info.
Thanks all,
Robert
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