What's that bright yellow thing orbiting the MOON tonight Dec 23 2007?

Reply #9

Badger — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:33:46 GMT

Santa Canary

Reply #8

justxploring — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:52:05 GMT

Nah, even Santa doesn't want to pay $3.29 a gallon, so he rented a Volkswagen Beetle.

Reply #7

rcbbuckeye — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:48:08 GMT

Did some reading this morning. It is Mars, but I don't recall Mars ever being that close to the moon. Earth is supposed to pass between Mars and the sun soon, and Mars is the closest it will be to Earth until 2010.

By the way, the star Sirius really looks cool right now.

Reply #6

spookysoozy — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:14:22 GMT

Must be mars, they are about 8 apart now.

I have to get out the telescope and show the grandkids.

(they call it a microscope, little cuties

Reply #5

vick — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:14:43 GMT

Yes Jap69, that must be it, MARS.

It does have that red-yellowish color of it.

Thanks, cause for a moment i thought the aliens had a ship up there watching us.

Reply #4

JAP69 — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:09:37 GMT

From what I gather it is mars. really quite visible with the clear sky.

http://journals.aol.com/stuartatk/Cumbrian-Sky/entries/2007/12/23/mars-and-moon-rendezvous-in-the-sky-tonight.../3261

Reply #3

vick — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:44:32 GMT

i thought at first it was also a star, but it seems to be rotating counterclockwise around the moon. Example, i noticed it at about 6 with it located at about the 5 oclock postion, then i saw it every few hourse and it progrossed counterclockwise to it current position of about 2 oclock?

All this while the moves itself moves across the sky.

Also the light, while looking through binoculars, seems to be a yellowish reflected light, ie the sun shinning on it then to our eyes here o... [ More ]

Reply #2

rcbbuckeye — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:33:45 GMT

I looked at it thru binoculars, looks like a star.

Reply #1

JAP69 — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:19:09 GMT

I am going to run out and take a look.

What's that bright yellow thing orbiting the MOON tonight Dec 23 2007?

vick — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:14:32 GMT

What's that bright yellow thing orbiting the MOON tonight Dec 23 2007?

I have been tracking it and it is definitely rotating as the moon does, so not a star.

Is it a recent satellite sent up there? I'm thinking the Japanese one