Do specially bright stars meant that they are actually plane

BugBrothers · Post by **BugBrothers** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:09 pm

sorry..i know nothing about astronomy.. recently i found a pretty bright star that can even be captured with my lousy phone camera alone in the late evening and at night. so i wonder if it's possible to be a planet?

when i used a binoculars ( i dunno the specifications), the star looks abit like an ellipse shape. but the brightness gets diminished over some time..

Clifford60 · Post by **Clifford60** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:24 pm

If facing west, then it is Venus and still up in the sky now.

Do go to http://www.stellarium.org/ to download the free software about the stars up in the night sky.

guangwei · Post by **guangwei** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:37 pm

shud be venus

BugBrothers · Post by **BugBrothers** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:08 pm

yea it was pointing towards the west haha, thanks

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:20 pm

Good thing no one reported an UFO sighting

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:49 pm

Welcome to Singastro! Good attempt on Venus showing the surrounding HDB buildings for contrast. Now you know something a lot of people dont - that bright "star" is actually Venus. Hope this will spark your interest in stargazing/astrophotography. Check the binoculars for any engraved numbers like 7x50. That's the specification.

Timothy · Post by **Timothy** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:22 pm

Unbelievable!Just the Venus can be captured with phone camera alone?
HAHA，If it does, i may try and look the bright "star".

Post by **Airconvent** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:05 pm

Timothy wrote:Unbelievable!Just the Venus can be captured with phone camera alone?
HAHA，If it does, i may try and look the bright "star".

Yes its quite normal because Venus is very bright. In fact if you use a DSLR, you can catch it without the motion blur and the noise in the picture.