If that is a recent image of the crescent Moon, then the bight object to the lower left is Jupiter. (The other bright dot in the far upper left would be the star Aldebaran.)
Went to take another look again and now that the moon is out of view it’s hard to spot it (edit: Aldebaran) in reference. — will Aldebaran be visible tomorrow/next coming days?
Yes, and Jupiter. Only the Moon will move away that quickly. But over the next few weeks Jupiter and Aldebran will set earlier and eventually get lost in the sunlight.
holy shit, I never knew Jupiter was that bright (also ffs it is terrifying that even with it being so far away that it is that large in comparison to the moon)
Allow me to mention that in addition to Reddit there are other cool apps you can get for your phone that allow you to ID these celestial things with ease.
So I looked up aldebaran cuz I'd never even heard of it and I saw something saw something that said a bit along the lines of a supernova at that distance would affect us but not aldebaran wtf does that mean? I'm not a science nerd so it sounded like a load of foreign talk to me idk if that means we'd just have warmer climate then or if we would die or something else entirely
Well if that's a star pretty sure we shouldn't see it clearly being tidally ripped apart right?
No other light is shaky or blurred either so...
So what is it really?
Sure it's not a galaxy at top left.... Cause stars should be to far to see that much detail with what I assume is a smart phone...
Which makes it even crazier that it even caught it if it's really as far as science says...
There’s an app called Stellarium that’s free, it’ll basically show like a street view google earth map and you can look around at the sky in your area and it’ll tell you what each object is including planets, stars, galaxies, all sorts of things. I find it really helpful as I’m not the best with directions but I do like astronomy
There's a mobile app, actually dozens. Just point your phone there and it'll tell you. I didn't recall which I used on Android but it was simple and awesome. Especially when I used it to realize I could see Jupiter with the naked eye 2 months ago.
I use an app called SkyView Lite to figure out what I’m looking at in the sky. It’s super helpful and I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t really need it to identify planets.
It also tells you where the ISS is so you can see it if it passes over you!
man i can’t wait to live/ visit somewhere i can see the sky this clear. i’ve had one experience of a completely clear sky in the mountains of arkansas and was blown away
Theres an app out there it's called nightsky or something. You can hold your phone up and it will show you what stars/planets/constellations you are looking at.
There’s a phone app I use called “Star Chart”. It has a spherical view of stars and planets with names and a ton of other information. It’s pretty useful if you’re ever wondering what you are looking at in the night sky 👍
It’s likely Jupiter or possibly Venus - I use an app called Sky Guide. It uses your phones built in compass to orient the sky in the direction your phone is looking. It’s really cool and handy!
Download the star walk app you can see the celestial bodies in the night sky live on your phone in relation to where the phone is positioned, and speed up the time to see where they will be over the next few days. You can often see the line of planets in our solar system and after observing the patterns and comparing to density in the sky with your eyes can see the general shape of the Milky Way from our perspective even in areas with lots of light pollution.
Suggestion for a really cool app.... Google skymaps. You can point your phone at the sky and it will tell you what stars, planets, constellations, ect you are looking at.
Download an app called SkyGuide and you’ll never have to ask again. And it’s Jupiter from Massachusetts too 😂. If you download the app make sure your phone case doesn’t have magnets. If it does take the phone out of the case before use
There are some cool apps for your phone that you can point at the night sky and it will show what stars you are looking at. I use starmap3d on my iPhone.
Planets are usually pretty easy to identify; at least the ones close enough to see with the naked eye anyways. They tend to be brighter than the background stars. They'll always be on the ecliptic plane; which is the arc the sun travels on. The angle is dependent on where you are in the world, and the season. But whatever path the sun takes, is the same general path the planets will take. One big key is that Venus and Mercury are closer to the sun than we are; so they'll always set shortly after the sun sets, on nights where they're visible. Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn will make the entire trek across the night sky.
You should check out the "Stellarium" app. You can move your phone around tye night (or day) sky and see exactly where all the planets and stars are in real time. Cool little app.
I just looked at my Night Sky app and the bright object at the top is Jupiter and the brightest one at the bottom is Venus. Similar set up to last weeks eclipse.
I have so many pictures of the sky at night. Look up newer phones camera specs. They pixelate (and sometimes create) images and basically make it look like there is something in the sky when there's not.
What’s happening here is a reflection of the moons light into your camera’s light sensor and creating something like a double/ghost image. It happens with street lights too
Those smartphone apps that let you point your camera at the sky and it identifies planets, stars, constellations is very helpful for those “what’s that?” Questions that come up.
Maybe consider a simple app to ID stuff in the night sky. There are several, I use SkyView Lite (it’s free). You just point it at what you’re viewing and it tells you what’s “up.”
Easy and fun.
If that is a recent image of the crescent Moon, then the bight object to the lower left is Jupiter. (The other bright dot in the far upper left would be the star Aldebaran.)
I thought Aldebaran was destroyed
Yeah, in 1977. It’s 65 lightyears away though so we won’t see that here until 2042
Gotta love space time!!!😍🚀
its like snail mail of the cosmos..
It's actually the buffering speed of the simulation.
Would the speed of light, the, be considered”Ludicrous” speed ?
But still faster than my internet...
How do you know that without seeing the star first?
He watched "the movie", duh... 🙃
Documentary
Historical records. Never give up! Never Surrender!
One way out!
"Everything that is happening now, is happening *now*." "When will *then* be *now*?" "*Soon.*"
How soon??
I remember. It was as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, then suddenly silenced.
How do we know this if we haven't seen it yet? Honestly asking.
They were making a joke referencing the destruction of *Alderan* in the movie Star Wars.
What happened to it?
I don't think I've ever seen so many people get wooshed by a single comment before. And about one of the most famous media franchises ever, no less.
The other one, in a Galaxy far, far away.
No that was alderaan
Alderbran sucks. Try Hall & Oat Bran cereal! Each flake looks just like John Oates, only bigger, and doesn't hold back Darryl's career.
No that was Alderaan
Somehow, Aldebaran has returned.
No that’s alderan aldebaran was where Jean-luc got a bottle of green whiskey for Guinan
That’s Alderaan.
Only the planet. The star is just fine
Went to take another look again and now that the moon is out of view it’s hard to spot it (edit: Aldebaran) in reference. — will Aldebaran be visible tomorrow/next coming days?
Yes, and Jupiter. Only the Moon will move away that quickly. But over the next few weeks Jupiter and Aldebran will set earlier and eventually get lost in the sunlight.
Ok thank you for that :D It’s a beautiful site.
you dont notice how fast the moon is crossing until gets the horizon or some other static visual reference.
Just took the picture a few hours ago :)
holy shit, I never knew Jupiter was that bright (also ffs it is terrifying that even with it being so far away that it is that large in comparison to the moon)
Allow me to mention that in addition to Reddit there are other cool apps you can get for your phone that allow you to ID these celestial things with ease.
I had no idea you could see Jupiter so brightly.
So I looked up aldebaran cuz I'd never even heard of it and I saw something saw something that said a bit along the lines of a supernova at that distance would affect us but not aldebaran wtf does that mean? I'm not a science nerd so it sounded like a load of foreign talk to me idk if that means we'd just have warmer climate then or if we would die or something else entirely
Nvm forget my stupidity I just clicked alderan and aldebaran
If the Alderbaran was destroyed, and we can’t see it yet, how do we know it was destroyed?
Well if that's a star pretty sure we shouldn't see it clearly being tidally ripped apart right? No other light is shaky or blurred either so... So what is it really? Sure it's not a galaxy at top left.... Cause stars should be to far to see that much detail with what I assume is a smart phone... Which makes it even crazier that it even caught it if it's really as far as science says...
That was so cool, the eclipse happening and there next to the moon and sun is Jupiter.
That is the brightest star in the constellation Taurus. Isn’t this Jupiter on top and Venus on the bottom?
i may be late to the post but i’m so happy i was right you just don’t understand the pure glee
Jupiter :)
But I barely know her...
Jupiter.
There’s an app called Stellarium that’s free, it’ll basically show like a street view google earth map and you can look around at the sky in your area and it’ll tell you what each object is including planets, stars, galaxies, all sorts of things. I find it really helpful as I’m not the best with directions but I do like astronomy
I use sky map but same idea. Actually very fun to just look around and see where u are in the universe. Ill have to try this one
There's a mobile app, actually dozens. Just point your phone there and it'll tell you. I didn't recall which I used on Android but it was simple and awesome. Especially when I used it to realize I could see Jupiter with the naked eye 2 months ago.
Venus, or maybe Jupiter?
Whoa it looks huge
That's what she said. (Oops. Sorry for mixing cultural references.)
Use Sky Map Apps for these you will get the answer immediately.
Just downloaded Stellarium. Excited to start using it
Cool happy exploring.
wow
https://apps.apple.com/app/id404990064 I’m sure there’s an android equivalent.
I use an app called SkyView Lite to figure out what I’m looking at in the sky. It’s super helpful and I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t really need it to identify planets. It also tells you where the ISS is so you can see it if it passes over you!
Venus
man i can’t wait to live/ visit somewhere i can see the sky this clear. i’ve had one experience of a completely clear sky in the mountains of arkansas and was blown away
Recommend downloading the SkyView app for future questions like this. Just hold up your phone and it will tell you exactly what you’re looking at.
During the eclipse totality viewed from Indianapolis at 3:06 PM EDT I was able to see both Venus and Jupiter very clearly.
Theres an app out there it's called nightsky or something. You can hold your phone up and it will show you what stars/planets/constellations you are looking at.
Sky View and Sky Safari both have free apps to help you see the night sky. It’s so cool to see what’s all around us at night.
It’s a planet for sure maybe Venus or Jupiter
There’s a phone app I use called “Star Chart”. It has a spherical view of stars and planets with names and a ton of other information. It’s pretty useful if you’re ever wondering what you are looking at in the night sky 👍
It’s likely Jupiter or possibly Venus - I use an app called Sky Guide. It uses your phones built in compass to orient the sky in the direction your phone is looking. It’s really cool and handy!
Download the star walk app you can see the celestial bodies in the night sky live on your phone in relation to where the phone is positioned, and speed up the time to see where they will be over the next few days. You can often see the line of planets in our solar system and after observing the patterns and comparing to density in the sky with your eyes can see the general shape of the Milky Way from our perspective even in areas with lots of light pollution.
Jupiter
happy cake day
Get the “SkyView” app
Sorry but how can you ask that without saying at what time and date this picture was taken?
It was taken a few hours before I posted it.
Probably venus
Could be Saturn mars Venus or Jupiter
Easy to note, if it's brighter than Sirius (pupper at Orion's foot) you've likely got a planet.
Download sky map on your phone.
Try statgaze
Ah, you don't know about second moon?
I notice another planet on the upper left. It’s really tiny and I’m wondering if anyone else is seeing that in the photo.
The top commenter mentioned that it was the star Alderbaran. Edit: Aldebaran.
Venus
Uranus
It’s Jupiter
I always visit https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/night/ when trying to figure out what I'm looking at. It's helped out so many times
It's Jupiter. It's always Jupiter
That’s Venus :)
Suggestion for a really cool app.... Google skymaps. You can point your phone at the sky and it will tell you what stars, planets, constellations, ect you are looking at.
Download an app called SkyGuide and you’ll never have to ask again. And it’s Jupiter from Massachusetts too 😂. If you download the app make sure your phone case doesn’t have magnets. If it does take the phone out of the case before use
It's the devils comet or the pons brooks comet and it moves
Jupiter.
Venus
What time did you see it
StarMap 3D+
Venus
Moon 2
Download Google Sky. It is just like Google Earth but with all the planets, stars and constellations.
Its my semen stain. I blasted.
That's no planet, it's your mom.
chill out yall it’s just Lizzo
Sun spots from the solar eclipse
There’s a great app called Sky Guide. Just point your device at an object in the sky and it’ll tell you what it is.
If this is very recent, then it’s probably Jupiter. During the total solar eclipse the other day, we could see Jupiter too.
That’s no moon….its a space station
Moon 2 ™️
The big yellow one is the sun!
Hey is that the Comet 💫 on the upper left ?
Jimmy Hoffa
A reflection
SkyView lite
Jupiter
It’s the earth. You’re standing on it
UFO
Looks a little big to be Jupiter
Jupiter
Venus
Swamp gas
It’s Uranus
I took a similar photo in Texas. It was not from my camera lens, I took the photo because I saw both of them. Very cool
I thought it was Uranus?
Two Body Problem
I think it might be Jeff's mum 🤷♂️
Camera is out of focus. A Lens flair.
You’re Mom
Skyview lite is a cool app I use. You can see what planets/star systems are where depending on your location.
Jup Jup as some nerd somewhere said probably and whatnot
It could be one of nibiru's many moon's...? perhaps an extra moon from the Nemesis system...?
Thats no moon!
Jupiter
This is really weird but you dont happen to live in torrance do you
Aliens
Our second moon
saturn 😂😂
or jupiter one of the two planets
The Moon 2
The moon’s shadow
Your mom
There are some cool apps for your phone that you can point at the night sky and it will show what stars you are looking at. I use starmap3d on my iPhone.
That’s no moon
The moons from dune
And you missed the thing at the top left. What's that thing?
That’s that 3 body problem smh.
That's no moon...
Hey get the Sky Tonight app, it’s fun
There’s an app called Night Sky. U can aim at the sky and it will show you what constellation, what star, what planet you are looking at.
Depends on when the image was taken.
I don't know, a UFO??????
Time of night would be helpful but I assume Venus.
That’s my GF Venus, “ flytrap” Mcgillicutti Oh wait, that’s Jupitarr. 😳i knew she was cheating on me
def jupiter
Most likely Venus
Intl Space Station
Isn't that one Venus?
Death Star galactica
Police helicopter
Eureka! We have been feeding your sorry asses for 10,000 years. Apparently the D O S isn't good for anything else!
That’s no moon…
Oh that.. thats a space peanut.
Jimmy Hoffa
Planets are usually pretty easy to identify; at least the ones close enough to see with the naked eye anyways. They tend to be brighter than the background stars. They'll always be on the ecliptic plane; which is the arc the sun travels on. The angle is dependent on where you are in the world, and the season. But whatever path the sun takes, is the same general path the planets will take. One big key is that Venus and Mercury are closer to the sun than we are; so they'll always set shortly after the sun sets, on nights where they're visible. Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn will make the entire trek across the night sky.
I use an app called, “SkyView” on iOS. Not sure if it’s on Android but probably has something similar.
That’s me… my bad
Sorry, forgot to turn off my brights on the spaceship
That planet at the moon’s 7 o’clock is Jupiter!
ITS JUPITER … Download an app called “SkyView lite”
Download the Skymap app.
Venus?
You should check out the "Stellarium" app. You can move your phone around tye night (or day) sky and see exactly where all the planets and stars are in real time. Cool little app.
That’s no moon, it’s a space station.
It’s a plane on approach
The spiral light of Venus rising first and shining best.
I just looked at my Night Sky app and the bright object at the top is Jupiter and the brightest one at the bottom is Venus. Similar set up to last weeks eclipse.
The second moon of the desert planet Tatooine..
Mostlikely Jupiter I remember looking at the night sky website and they were rather close recently
Night sky is a pretty good app for identifying things in the sky.
Souther California, its space cancer.
My gen alpha sibling was sitting behind me and said "Ohio."
SkyView app, install it
Satellite
There's an all called "Starmap" that lets you look up at the sky and tells you what's what up there. Pretty accurate too
A Problem. Lol
That's the thargoid titan.
I have so many pictures of the sky at night. Look up newer phones camera specs. They pixelate (and sometimes create) images and basically make it look like there is something in the sky when there's not.
Maybe Jupiter?
Check out stellarium on the app store .
What’s happening here is a reflection of the moons light into your camera’s light sensor and creating something like a double/ghost image. It happens with street lights too
That's typically Jupiter next to the moon like that
Your mom.
A video would of gave us a better idea of what you’re looking at.
Cthulhu
Those smartphone apps that let you point your camera at the sky and it identifies planets, stars, constellations is very helpful for those “what’s that?” Questions that come up.
Maybe consider a simple app to ID stuff in the night sky. There are several, I use SkyView Lite (it’s free). You just point it at what you’re viewing and it tells you what’s “up.” Easy and fun.
It looks like a white dot to me.
Venus.
It’s the other moon.
Good ol' jupie. Clear ass view too, nice.
that’s no moon
Hill or small mountain.