Bright star in the East...

[KillerKat]

Is it Mars? It dominates all the other stars in the sky

[Jangler]

uranus

[Ja Rhule]

For comparison, the non-stellar objects in our Solar System that have maximum visible magnitudes less than or equal to +2.50 are the Moon (−12.92), Venus (−4.67), Jupiter (−2.94), Mars (−2.91), Mercury (−2.45), and Saturn (−0.49).

Mars I guess

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius

Sirius is a brightest star.... Venus is a brightest planet.

[Jangler]

srs?

It's brighter than Venus.

[Ja Rhule]

srs?

It's brighter than Venus.

Niah, Venus wins.... Its a planet and not a star tho...

[Jangler]

Jimmy Carter thought Venus was a UFO.

[Guest Irv]

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[Ja Rhule]

Jimmy Carter thought Venus was a UFO.

On January 6, 1969 the sky was clear in Leary and the planet Venus was near its maximum brightness and in the direction described by Carter. Ufologist Robert Sheaffer concluded that the object that Carter witnessed was a misidentification of Venus[5] (Peebles 1994:205). This could also be the Venus "Halo" [1], as was discussed on The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast #105[6] in a 2007 interview with Jimmy Carter. In the interview Carter stated that he did not believe the object was Venus, explaining that he was an amateur astronomer and knew what Venus looked like. He also said that as a scientist he did not believe it was an alien craft and at the time assumed it was probably a military aircraft from a nearby base. However, he said that the object did not make any sound like a helicopter would do. Carter also said that he did not believe that any extraterrestrials have visited Earth. He also stated he knows of no government cover-up of extraterrestrial visits and that the rumors that the CIA refused to give him information about UFOs are not true.

[Jangler]

The moon is made out of cheese.

[Ja Rhule]

Correction.

The moon is made out of marshmallow.

[PandaMan]

It's probably Jupiter, I had my astronomy lab on Monday night and Jupiter was by far the brightest thing in the sky (aside from the moon obviously)

[KillerKat]

Man, I'd like to see Venus then

[necroplasm]

Man, I'd like to see Venus then

I used to think Jupiter was Venus...until one mourning I saw an object 3 times the size..said to myself, well damn...can't be Venus I had previously thought. Looked up Jupiter being 2nd most visible. It was December when I saw it around 4am....usually Venus is near the Sun....when you can see it before sunrise.

The hotter, orange star in Orion's shoulder will be as bright as the moon one day..maybe brighter.

It's awesome the fact that when we see stars twinkle, we're looking back in time. Takes hundreds of years for that light to reach our eyes.

[necroplasm]

Man, I'd like to see Venus then

I used to think Jupiter was Venus...until one mourning I saw an object 3 times the size..said to myself, well damn...can't be Venus I had previously thought. Looked up Jupiter being 2nd most visible. It was December when I saw it around 4am....usually Venus is near the Sun....when you can see it before sunrise.

The hotter, orange star in Orion's shoulder will be as bright as the moon one day..maybe brighter.

It's awesome the fact that when we see stars twinkle, we're looking back in time. Takes hundreds of years for that light to reach our eyes.