Not the sun rising, the dot on the lright of the trees. Bright white spot. Not moving. Suspected it could be the ISS, but that would be moving.

by lulrukman

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  1. We’ve also spotted something large and metalic hovering in the sky last night at dusk and it disappeared very fast. I also was thinking something along the lines of a satellite at first

    Edit: Could the people who downvote inform me what they think what I’m describing is then?

  3. Venus sits directly east in the morning currently. It’s also usually very bright so I suspect that is what you’re looking at.

  4. My first suspicion was correct: it’s probably Venus. It could also be either Mercurius or Saturnus, but IIRC Venus is much brighter so much more likely to see under those conditions.

    ^(for posterity, this was half an hour later)

    *^(I’m a fool and I forgot I can’t modify posts without reddit also removing the picture, see replies)*

  8. Venus

    Pro tip : If it’s twinkling it’s a star. If a solid light it’s a planet.

  9. There is a free app called Star Walk 2 where you can check which stars are visible in real time.

    Can recommend it

  11. The ISS moves so quickly that you’ll have only 10 to 15 seconds of visibility before it disappears over the horizon

  12. If it blinks and moves: plane
    If it blinks and doesn’t move: star
    If it doesn’t blink and moves: satelite
    If it doesn’t blink an doesn’t moves: planet
    😉

  13. Long explanation:

    It is the planet Venus, third brightest object in the sky after the sun and the moon.
    It was historically called the morning star as it is usually seen right before sunrise. It had the Latin name of ‘lightbringer’ or lux fere, which changed in Lucifer. The medieval explanation of stars were that they were holes in the firmament separating earth and heaven. The brightest star must thus have been the last one to be kicked out of heaven and this was the most beautiful, intelligent and smart angel, the sole who dared to challenge God. This was Lucifer.
    Enjoy this useless knowledge.

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