Hi Marnie I wonder if these objects are Venus and Jupiter. They are reasonably close together at present and can be very bright.
Jupiter sets first leaving Venus, the brighter one, alone and very low on the horizon, much like your second image. Not an expert on these things, though....... Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 23:16:54 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > WARNING: These are very bad photos. > > For about three months, there has been a very bright light "parked" in > the > sky over Walnut Creek (actually, it seems to be parked almost over my > house. > Talk about paranoia.) Sometimes there seem to be two. I am not positive > the > second isn't a star, except it is visible when no stars are visible. > > The first is very, very bright, and seemingly very big. It looks like a > helicopter when you first spot it, only it doesn't move. Well, it does > move, but > very, very slowly, so the movement isn't visible. > > I've pointed it out to three people in the last three months, no one > knows > what the heck it is. I suspect it MIGHT be the space station. A > satellite of > some kind anyway. It tends to move in an arch across the sky. > > The first photo was taken handheld the other night. Obviously too much > movement (on my part). The second was taken tonight with a tripod and > bulb, 1/40, > f 5.6, 1600 ISO. By the time I figured out how to shoot bulb it was > getting > much lower in the sky (new camera and never shot bulb before). It > started out > much higher. (The other had become so low it was behind the > trees/hills). > > Any suggestion on how to shoot it better, appreciated. Sometimes there > is a > helicopter in that part of the sky and I'd like to get them together. > Because, pause, it really looks like it is leaving the "mother ship." > ;-) > > http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/UFO1.htm > > http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/UFO2.htm > > Marnie aka Doe :-) You asked, frank, and you got. > > --------------------------------------------- > Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
