Confused Planet

[digital paradise]

Not much here but my wife spotted this last night and thought it was moving around but it was an optical illusion. At first we thought it was a helicopter but was either Jupiter or Uranus. It was a spec and sure hard it keep within the frame. Nothing to write home about but someone should have told it halloween was over a few weeks ago.

Hand held through a window with R7 and 100-500



How it flickered and changed colours in milliseconds. Hard to handhold.

 

[West Coast Birder]

You can use an app like Google Sky to see if the location corresponds to any planet.

 

[digital paradise]

Thanks. I looked it up on several sites and those two faced earth at that time. I can do a more detailed search.

 

[Pagman]

Really interesting - would love to know more.

P.

 

[West Coast Birder]

Rapid color changes and flickering are due to atmospheric effects. And you can’t see Uranus with your naked eye (no elementary school humor here!).

 

[Greyswan]

Not much here but my wife spotted this last night and thought it was moving around but it was an optical illusion. At first we thought it was a helicopter but was either Jupiter or Uranus. It was a spec and sure hard it keep within the frame. Nothing to write home about but someone should have told it halloween was over a few weeks ago.

Hand held through a window with R7 and 100-500

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How it flickered and changed colours in milliseconds. Hard to handhold.

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I have a similar shot. It seemed to pulse with different colors. Never did find out what it was.

 

[West Coast Birder]

It is most likely an out of focus image of a star.

 

[DavidWatts]

Or... it could be. The only UFO I ever saw was in Upper Michigan almost 50 years ago. It shimmered, spun around slowly, darted 90 degrees at fantastic speeds and also changed colors. For forty five minutes. So... ?

 

[digital paradise]

I've seen him on TV. Nice hair.

 

[SiriusDoggy]

I see folks posting pics like this all the time. It is very clearly an out of focus source of light. What that source is, is completely a mystery except I can tell you one thing it's NOT URANUS.
The fact that you said it was either Jupiter (One of the brightest objects in the night sky besides the Sun, Moon and Venus) or Uranus (One of the faintest planets) tells me you do not have an understanding of the night sky and likely, how optics work.
You can re-create this at any time by finding a very, very distant streetlamp and pointing the same camera at it and very slowly racking the focus in and out. Streetlamps will usually add one or two spikes due to the lamp or lens covering it and people always immediately assume that makes it some alien craft. It is NOT.

 

[Pagman]

I see folks posting pics like this all the time. It is very clearly an out of focus source of light. What that source is, is completely a mystery except I can tell you one thing it's NOT URANUS.
The fact that you said it was either Jupiter (One of the brightest objects in the night sky besides the Sun, Moon and Venus) or Uranus (One of the faintest planets) tells me you do not have an understanding of the night sky and likely, how optics work.
You can re-create this at any time by finding a very, very distant streetlamp and pointing the same camera at it and very slowly racking the focus in and out. Streetlamps will usually add one or two spikes due to the lamp or lens covering it and people always immediately assume that makes it some alien craft. It is NOT.

Interesting viewpoint that agreed could be aimed at someone who does not know how to use a camera or lock focus on an object at infinity - it makes it more interesting if a professional astro photographer had taken the same kind of photographs, some one who know what he is doing.

P.

 

[Pagman]

Was watching some UFO documentaries on tv earlier - its amazing just how many unusual videos are out there now that can not be de bunked as being fake - perhaps disclosure is coming.

P.