# What Is This Bright Object in the Sky

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bright-object-in-the-sky/604627>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 30, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bright-object-in-the-sky/604627 "2011-11-30T23:58:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bright-object-in-the-sky/604627/21 "2011-12-05T15:57:11Z")

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> [@AHunter3](#):
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> Heck, it could be the _SUN_ if the time were right. It certainly matches the description 😛

That was going to be my first answer, but the OP ruined it by providing too much detail.

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bright-object-in-the-sky/604627/22 "2011-12-05T16:17:23Z")

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My immediate thought on seeing the thread title is “Jupiter”. At the moment, for most of the night, it’s by far the most obvious “bright object in the sky” in the northern hemisphere.

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**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bright-object-in-the-sky/604627/23 "2011-12-05T16:56:02Z")

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> [@Colophon](#):
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> My immediate thought on seeing the thread title is “Jupiter”. At the moment, for most of the night, it’s by far the most obvious “bright object in the sky” in the northern hemisphere.

Except for right after sunset! 🙂

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**Author:** ![hibernicus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hibernicus/32/2802_2.png) [@hibernicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hibernicus)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bright-object-in-the-sky/604627/24 "2011-12-05T22:39:58Z")

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> [@Colophon](#):
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> My immediate thought on seeing the thread title is “Jupiter”. At the moment, for most of the night, it’s by far the most obvious “bright object in the sky” in the northern hemisphere.

I’m not so sure about that… You might want to look a few degrees to the right!😛

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bright-object-in-the-sky/604627/25 "2011-12-05T23:47:37Z")

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> [@hibernicus](#):
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> I’m not so sure about that… You might want to look a few degrees to the right!😛

And it’s getting bigger and bigger every night! :eek:

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