Stars

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If you can i suggest a quick look at the stars tonight.

They seem a lot closer and theres a distinct line of three of them equally spaced (look towards cornwall) that dont look like stars at all.

And one to the left of that thats particulary brighter and flashing all different colours.

Spooky!!!
 
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Find what you are seeing!

http://www.stellarium.org/

Fantastic program and invaluable to us astronomer types!

What you probably saw was sirius as far as the flashing one goes. It twinkles because it has a lot more atmosphere to show through.
Stars twinkle, planets do not. Inidently. Mars is up there looking as beautiful as ever!
 
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