Stacy
19-December-2007, 07:33 PM
Hello,
My name is Stacy. I am an amateur astronomer in the San Francisco Bay Area. Yesterday I saw something unusual when I went outside my office to stretch my legs. It was 16:30 PST, clear sky (after rains).
Next to the moon, there was a point of light located about 4 o'clock to the right of it. I don't think it was a satellite or contrail. It was a stationary point. One hour later when I was leaving work, I made a note to look up thinking that perhaps it was still there in relative position - nothing.
Wish I had had my binoculars when I first saw it. I looked around to see if there was anything that might me reflecting off the edges of my contacts, but there was none.
I think thought, oh perhaps it is Mars, but that theory was depth charged when I realized that it wasn't going to clear the horizon for another few hours.
Double checking star charts to see if by chance it would be a daytime observation of a planet turned up nothing.
Dang...I irks me when I can not figure out what I am seeing...and this in particular because it does not conform to any phenomena that would provide an explaination.
Anyone else see this?
Clear skies, Stacy
My name is Stacy. I am an amateur astronomer in the San Francisco Bay Area. Yesterday I saw something unusual when I went outside my office to stretch my legs. It was 16:30 PST, clear sky (after rains).
Next to the moon, there was a point of light located about 4 o'clock to the right of it. I don't think it was a satellite or contrail. It was a stationary point. One hour later when I was leaving work, I made a note to look up thinking that perhaps it was still there in relative position - nothing.
Wish I had had my binoculars when I first saw it. I looked around to see if there was anything that might me reflecting off the edges of my contacts, but there was none.
I think thought, oh perhaps it is Mars, but that theory was depth charged when I realized that it wasn't going to clear the horizon for another few hours.
Double checking star charts to see if by chance it would be a daytime observation of a planet turned up nothing.
Dang...I irks me when I can not figure out what I am seeing...and this in particular because it does not conform to any phenomena that would provide an explaination.
Anyone else see this?
Clear skies, Stacy