Really Bright Star ??????? What is It ???????

Question

in the uk looking directly south i have seen this star & it actually travels across the sky as the night passes, i know nothing in space is stationary & someone else posted the same question almost a month ago, i told it could of been the space station, others Anteres (very bright star), & others say its jupiter. Can anyone tell me what it is & how they know this. & why i've only realised it there these past few weeks

CHEERS PEOPLE !!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

jupiter.

look at it with powerful binoculars or a telesscope and you will see teh moons. i was looking at them last night. they're really cool.

venus cannot possibly be due south. ppl around here are sometimes really dumb.

Answer 2

Jupiter is correct. The reason it seems to move is because you're standing on a planet that is rotating, and what you're really seeing is the effect of Earth's rotation. This is the same thing that causes the Sun to rise and set, for exactly the same reason.

Answer 3

the irish airforce

Answer 4

What you are seeing is the planet Venus. Is appears to be an insanely bright star. I know thanks to my very powerful telescope, which I trained on it one night. You can see the clouds and every thing. Its is a pity that under that cool cover is 24/7 acid rain...

Answer 5

If its moving, it is the ISS (International Space Station).  It is visible from Earth.

If its not moving as you watch (but seems to move a bit compared to the other stars each night), its the planet Jupiter.

Answer 6

It is the planet Jupiter. Jupiter is low in the southeast at sunset and travels to the west as the night passes.

All the stars travel to the west across the sky as the night passes. Just like the Sun travels across the sky as the day passes. It is a very ordinary thing to see and is caused by the Earth rotating once around every 24 hours.

You can use the source to make a map of the sky as seen from anyplace on Earth at any time of the day or night.

Answer 7

you are looking at my favorite planet, jupiter. currently, jupiter is the brightest object in our sky, besides of course the moon. venus is not correct because currently, it is too close to the sun to be seen. mars and saturn set before jupiter really has a chance to come out an be observed where i live.

you've only realized this because jupiter has been the closest... and the brightest... it has been for a while. jupiter rises in the southern sky. the ISS wouldn't be brighter than jupiter. because jupiter is a planet, it does travel across the night sky at a fairly fast rate.