bright star in the west

[true believer]

there is a very bright star in the west. go out and have a look

 

[eenfish]

Its been there every night for the past month or two. I think it is Venus, but don't quote me on that.

Unless this is a cryptic hint that the Mariner's Western NSW team has a really talented young bloke on the books.

 

[MagpieMariner]

The first star was in the east, but that area is west of us, so it might be the second coming.

 

[Wombat]

??
Tim Fischer....what you on about son?

 

[T]

It's Venus

 

[MagpieMariner]

It's Venus

Therefore not a star. Oh well...

 

[T]

Unless of course you are looking around midnight, in which case it is Jupiter also not a star.... Brightest star in the sky is in the constellation Canis Major, close to Orion (also known as the Shopping Trolley) and is called Sirius or the Dog star, but it is nothing compared to Venus or Jupiter in Brightness

 

[dibo]

Thanks, Carl Sagan!

 

[Gratis]

Coney ISON?
but I think the comedy is in the east
www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/11/01/3880970.htm

 

[Gratis]

Coney and comedy were both auto corrects for the word comet

 

[T]

Hmmm, second job seems to be leaking out information...

 

[true believer]

Thanks, Carl Sagan!

extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof