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What's this near venus?

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meow1989 · 21/04/2020 21:46

Tried google and a star app to no avail so trying the hive mind.

I was looking for meteors unsuccessfully (see lots of sparkles but that's just my eyes!) But can always find venus (below blue dot) reliably. Today because I was looking harder I noticed an orange shiny thing (red circle) below and to the left, anyone know what it is? Wish I had my binoculars but no idea where they are!

What's this near venus?
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MeerkatMolly · 21/04/2020 21:50

Elon Musk’s starlinks? I counted 33 of them this evening!

Mrsmorton · 21/04/2020 21:55

I think it could be beetlegeuse. I saw it yesterday and it looked very colourful. Happy to be told I'm wrong!

sylbunny · 21/04/2020 21:56

Download SkyView lite (app) and point it at the star you want to identify. It's a fab app!

PlanDeRaccordement · 21/04/2020 21:59

Could be Mercury as it’s close to New Moon, so Mercury is more visible.

meow1989 · 21/04/2020 22:19

I've got the app but the calibration seems a bit iffy so couldn't pin point. Wish I had a telescope- when we stay on the Suffolk coast at a family members we get their telescope out and its beautiful because of the low light pollution out in the sticks.

I'm a bit iffy with the naked eye because i just end up seeing g those sparkles you get if you look at the sky or a blank colour, do you know what I mean? Like tv static or when you run your eyes too hard?

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meow1989 · 21/04/2020 22:23

Ooh further googling for beetleguese (not beetlejuice thank you autocorrect) didn't come up with much but I think it might actually be aldebaran ?

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