JoeyLuisLeel Posted August 16, 2012 #1 Share Posted August 16, 2012 (edited) Well It started about 7 days ago. Me and a friend went outside to smoke and upon looking towards the sw night sky on a clear night around 11 ish, there was a 3 distinct stars that made a triangle formation. 4 days later I noticed it again around the same time but this time it looked skewered yet almost keeping its triangle formation. And then finally yesterday upon looking at it the three star formation was almost all in one row going up and down. So they almost made a line but not quite. I belive tonight it should be a line precisely but cant say now its still too early. heh. Anyone know whats stars these r? I'm in south texas in corpus christi. Edited August 16, 2012 by joeyluislopez 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted August 16, 2012 #2 Share Posted August 16, 2012 I have no idea what they are but I don't think stars change formation that fast. Do you have some pictures of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyLuisLeel Posted August 16, 2012 Author #3 Share Posted August 16, 2012 I wish I did. But I dont have a camera good enough to take photos and anyways its too late. I'm just wondering if anyone else could tell me what stars they were. if someone else were from this same area that saw what I saw then it might help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notoverrated Posted August 16, 2012 #4 Share Posted August 16, 2012 weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyLuisLeel Posted August 16, 2012 Author #5 Share Posted August 16, 2012 off land and it is there now but sinking its weird me and my friend r here now talking about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyLuisLeel Posted August 16, 2012 Author #6 Share Posted August 16, 2012 i tried that and even then i cant find it i tried using the google maps the sky one and nothing so can anyone see it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyLuisLeel Posted August 16, 2012 Author #7 Share Posted August 16, 2012 well these stars r stars just dont know how they would be able to change in such short a time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted August 16, 2012 #8 Share Posted August 16, 2012 (edited) Planets do that, I think. Not sure about within that time frame, though. Stars are definitely out. Edited August 16, 2012 by pallidin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenRabbit Posted August 16, 2012 #9 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Well It started about 7 days ago. Me and a friend went outside to smoke Maybe to much wacky weed in them smokes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted August 16, 2012 #10 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Well It started about 7 days ago. Me and a friend went outside to smoke and upon looking towards the sw night sky on a clear night around 11 ish, there was a 3 distinct stars that made a triangle formation. 4 days later I noticed it again around the same time but this time it looked skewered yet almost keeping its triangle formation. And then finally yesterday upon looking at it the three star formation was almost all in one row going up and down. So they almost made a line but not quite. I belive tonight it should be a line precisely but cant say now its still too early. heh. Anyone know whats stars these r? I'm in south texas in corpus christi. http://www.psychohistorian.org/display_article.php?id=201208132148_saturn_mars_spica.content http://www.psychohistorian.org/display_article.php?id=201208141000_saturn_mars_spica.content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrLzs Posted August 16, 2012 #11 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Sorry I missed this earlier, and I must say I'm a little surprised at how few skygazers are at this site - does no-one watch the skies any more? For those who do, they will see planets wandering along the ecliptic and recognise them as they form changing patterns amongst the fixed background of the stars... Abramelin's link is correct, although I'd probably recommend a place like EarthSky instead.. The red 'star' is Mars, the slightly less bright white one is Saturn, and the brightest is the star Spica in the constellation of Virgo. Mars and Saturn, as planets that are moving across the more fixed background of stars, will change their positions as the nights progress - not long ago the three formed an almost perfect equilateral triangle, but now it's a flattened isosceles.. For anyone who wants to learn a bit more about what is in their night sky, PLEASE visit here, where you will find the wonderful open source, free program called Stellarium. Download it, install it, tell it roughly where you live and from then you will have a quick and easy way to see where every star and planet is, every night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyLuisLeel Posted August 17, 2012 Author #12 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Awesome!! I will try that. Those stars r still acting funny though. And when I say smoke I mean like cigs not weed. I hate weed. I love booze though but I have had none all week. But thanks for the links I will see what I see from there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyLuisLeel Posted August 19, 2012 Author #13 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Ok ay guys I was ...I guess weirded off, but i have discovered that what I was seeing was in fact Mars and Saturn and some other random star. i used stellarum and found it. But i have never seen planets move int hat way b4. is there something new there? can anyone tell me? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted August 19, 2012 #14 Share Posted August 19, 2012 But i have never seen planets move int hat way b4. is there something new there? can anyone tell me? No, they'be been doing it that way for countless aeons. You just haven't noticed it before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sickpuppy Posted August 19, 2012 #15 Share Posted August 19, 2012 over the past few nights i've noticed what seems to be the exact same thing. i'm in nsw australia. the formation has slowly made its way at first from the eastern part of the sky towards the west and from tonight onwards looks like it will be obscured by the blue mountains ranges. the little video camera i have wasn't able to record or photograph it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrLzs Posted August 21, 2012 #16 Share Posted August 21, 2012 As Waspie said, WHAT is strange about it? The planets have always moved like that, and often form patterns. Google "venus jupiter smiley face" as one of many examples. If all this is 'strange' to you, that simply tells me that you don't often get out at night and look up. Please folks, go visit your local library or just Google 'basic astronomy' and learn about the skies. The universe when viewed from in a room behind a computer screen is rather limiting, and if you have never laid on a rug on the ground on a clear night under a country sky away from lights... you haven't lived yet.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sickpuppy Posted August 21, 2012 #17 Share Posted August 21, 2012 planets? ..is that what they are? all this time i thought they were fairies.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted August 22, 2012 #18 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Please keep the discussion G-rated. UM has members as young as 13 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sickpuppy Posted August 23, 2012 #19 Share Posted August 23, 2012 either i missed the 4 letter words.. or lilly smells a storm brewin' here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrLzs Posted August 23, 2012 #20 Share Posted August 23, 2012 (edited) You need to read between the lines about mind-altering sorta thingies.. I think.. Anyway, let's change the subject and add some ontopic content.. Here's a picture I took last night (was too busy doing other stuff to post it then, but here I am now..): That's a view of the newly-formed triangle, just beneath a quarter-ish moon. The Moon is 'blown out' and flared, as I set the camera to expose for the stars. The triangle formation next to the Moon at the right, is Mars, Saturn and Spica (a bright star in the constellation of Virgo). For reference (i'm in the southern hemisphere, so things are a bit rotated from what you guys see!), over at the far left is our Southern Cross (the kite shape), or Crux. The streak at lower right is a jetliner passing by, not a ufo. (Taken on a Canon SX130IS, 28mm equivalent, 15 seconds, f3.4, tripod - cropped and slight contrast adjustment) Here's a Stellarium screen shot showing the situation.. gotta love Stellarium! And here's what will happen to those planets and the star after about 29 days from now, when the Moon will return to roughly the same area.. Note how the triangle is pretty much gone as the planets move onwards on their slow paths - Mars has moved a long way, Saturn not so much... That's how the night sky works. Always has. Always will. So, get out there and OBSERVE, folks!!! Be in touch with your universe, not flamin' facebook (Yeuch). Edited August 23, 2012 by Chrlzs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyLuisLeel Posted September 3, 2012 Author #21 Share Posted September 3, 2012 yup thats exactly what it was we were seeing but yea if you neglect our universe like this life makes easy to happen then you lose touch with it and when you do see it, you r in awe...until you figure it out finally heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libstaK Posted September 4, 2012 #22 Share Posted September 4, 2012 (edited) I don't stargaze often enough but can anyone remember the date last year when the crescent moon and a couple of planets gave us a smiley face? That was cute and apparently rare. Edited September 4, 2012 by libstaK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrLzs Posted September 4, 2012 #23 Share Posted September 4, 2012 That was 30 November / 1 December 2008.. try here and scroll down for some pictures.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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