strange star??? anyone have ideas(sorry If already posted)

avpruler · Post #1by **avpruler** » 31.12.2006, 01:49

ok heres all the info I have on it:

1. I live in cape coral florida, from there its in the South East
2. the date is December 30th 2006
3. It's also viewable from Michigan, just not as bright.
4. I have watched it over the past 2 years.
5. it moves with the stars, and is the brightest thing in the sky other than the moon.
6. only viewable at night.
7. I nicknamed it the American Star because it flashes brightly and quickly red, white, and blue.
8. its not a plane, or a copter, or a satellite its in the same spot all night every night, and it moves along with the stars.
9. I have bad eye sight, and have glasses, without my glasses, I can see these 3 things: the mystery object, the moon and 2 stars in Oryan's belt.
10. thats all.

its probably already identified, im just curious, and want to know what it is.
anybody know?

p.s. google and yahoo and ask.com only give crap on american flags(because of red white and blue)

Post #2by **selden** » 31.12.2006, 02:31

Exactly where in the sky do you see it at what times on what dates?

There are a lot of things up there...

avpruler · Post #3by **avpruler** » 31.12.2006, 03:51

like I said, all year round, in MI and FL, it moves with stars, and from cape coral FL its SE

julesstoop · Post #4by **julesstoop** » 31.12.2006, 04:18

Unfortunately what you describe is physically impossible. Only circumpolar stars can be visible all year round.
When you are on the northern hemisphere (as you seem to be from your description) :) only stars close to the northern celestial pole can be circumpolar. Your "star" is in the south east.

Post #5by **selden** » 31.12.2006, 15:31

Try taking a picture of it and the surrounding stars. That might help someone to identify it.

buggs_moran · Post #6by **buggs_moran** » 31.12.2006, 17:03

Sirius is bright enough to be noticeable and scintillates (flickers) quite a bit. I imagine in FL, most stars would... Sirius would meet your SE criteria, but as Selden stated, you wouldn't be able to see it year round. Also, if you can see Orion's belt, you should be able to see Betelgeuse (Orion's left shoulder/armpit from our perspective) and Rigel (Orion's right foot from our perspective), they are far brighter than the belt. I'll bet it's Sirius, the brightest star visible in the northern hemisphere. Do yourself a favor and get a good beginners skychart book like 365 Days by Chet Raymo or download http://www.stellarium.org/. In Stellarium you can set your location and see the constellations which should enable you to easily pick out your object.

avpruler · Post #7by **avpruler** » 31.12.2006, 22:50

cool, put it this way, from cape coral I used a compass and look SE, thats where it is, and its december now, ive been able 2 see it since january.

ill read my astronomy book, maybe its there.

julesstoop · Post #8by **julesstoop** » 01.01.2007, 03:47

Avpruler, could you please clarify the folowing?
You've said this:

its in the same spot all night every night, and it moves along with the stars.

These two statements can't be true at the same time. If something moves with the stars, it can't be in the same spot every night.

avpruler · Post #9by **avpruler** » 01.01.2007, 04:39

oops, what I meant was that, it's in synchronization with the stars, but almost all year you can plainly see it, like this:

Spring-invisible, Summer-on the horizon, Fall- clearly visible, Winter- brightest thing in the sky other than the moon.

and no its not Venus, or any planet, because as far as I know, planets don't rapidly flash red, white, and blue.

so its probably a nebula or some star.

/:| who knows!

oh btw HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!

PlutonianEmpire · Post #10by **PlutonianEmpire** » 01.01.2007, 05:38

what time of night do you see it? is it anywhere near the orion's belt?

here's a screenshot i made of the belt, which is in the center: http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/1858 ... eltpz9.jpg

avpruler · Post #11by **avpruler** » 01.01.2007, 08:22

yeah, that helped, if you make the right hand side of the pic the top, thats how I see the sky down here, so the star is to the right off the top str in Orians belt(the 3 bright ones

PlutonianEmpire · Post #12by **PlutonianEmpire** » 01.01.2007, 08:33

avpruler wrote:yeah, that helped, if you make the right hand side of the pic the top, thats how I see the sky down here, so the star is to the right off the top str in Orians belt(the 3 bright ones

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/7739/o ... lt3go7.jpg

how far off to the right?

EDIT: Ok, it's already a known star. Not a new one, i'm afraid. and nothing to do with the space ships you saw. the star is Rigel.

avpruler · Post #13by **avpruler** » 01.01.2007, 19:41

kk thanks, and I know its nothing to do with the ufo's I saw.
those were amazing though!

damn now I wish I had pictures of them...

neways thanks for the answers, like 2 years ago I used freak out cause I thought it was a star about 2 go supernova, and destroy us all!

lol :roll:

baca · Post #14by **baca** » 30.01.2007, 01:46

I got online tonight to look for anyone who had seem this thing in Cape Coral and was surprised to see your post

There are 8 of us who live on a street in Cape Coral and we have been watching this thing in the sky for almost a year now. The first night we say it there were two more in the sky. The second one was in the Southwest and the third one was in the northwest.

The second one hovered for some time with smaller lights moving around it. Then it suddenly headed north and then abruptly south before it disappeared. All three changed color from red to white to blue. Occasionally something like a spotlight seemed to shin out of it.

The entire thing seemed bizare and a little scary. I confirmed by a family member in Washington that they were not satelites. Also, we often head up to Caya Costa to boat overnight and we always see it from there, too.

What is this thing?

STARNIGHTER · Post #15by **STARNIGHTER** » 08.02.2007, 14:28

I think it would be fair to say that most everyone has observed something in the sky they can't immediately explain. The previous posted replies are excellent, and I believe give a very honest attempt to solve the phenomenon as best possible.

Avpruler, if you still are not satisfied with the possible explanations, and you still experience this strange sighting, please try to get photographs next time(if there is a next time). Even a simple time exposure from a mounted camera would be great.

It's always best to explain these experiences, because someone out here just may have an answer for you. Good luck, and let us all know if you find out anything else about this strange star!

Cham · Post #16by **Cham** » 08.02.2007, 15:25

baca wrote:.... All three changed color from red to white to blue. Occasionally something like a spotlight seemed to shin out of it.

The entire thing seemed bizare and a little scary. I confirmed by a family member in Washington that they were not satelites. Also, we often head up to Caya Costa to boat overnight and we always see it from there, too.

What is this thing?

It is Superman.

:twisted:

Post #17by **ElChristou** » 09.02.2007, 16:18

Cham wrote:
baca wrote:.... All three changed color from red to white to blue. Occasionally something like a spotlight seemed to shin out of it.

The entire thing seemed bizare and a little scary. I confirmed by a family member in Washington that they were not satelites. Also, we often head up to Caya Costa to boat overnight and we always see it from there, too.

What is this thing?

It is Superman.

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