Giant Planet in our August night sky, what is it?

this planet, filmed from New Zealand, at 11.30 pm, on August 18th, extremely large, east in the sky. Which planet it it?

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• mercury
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[cdbfort]

what?, so opposition position has changed over the last few years?.....even when a planet is in opposition three years ago, it now looks diffedrent than the universal then,....... and that is fine and dandy...? by what.......say 20 degrees? seriously, I have to admit, I dont know, i am not an astronomer, so yes, that could well be the cause, if so, wow, its incredibly intruiging..........thks for your comments and time

[gambleyourhealth]

Its Jupiter.

It was in high opposition in August and is still in far opposition now.

[cdbfort]

@gambleyourhealth hi there gamble, thius video was last year though......but do you know, it still looks similar now, different place in the sky, and maybe slightly bigger...... thks

[barnaclebob420x]

I would almost guarantee it's Venus. That is usually the culprit when the planet looks that round and visible. Perhaps you mistook Jupiter for it earlier in the night.

[cdbfort]

@barnaclebob420x Hi there, Ii know what you mean, trouble is Venus had been in the western sky earlier,....... then this large one rose in teh east sky............ if it were to be venus...... hell!! what was going on.......thanks for the comment.:)

[RyanDemaree]

bright star or jupiter

[cdbfort]

@RyanDemaree hi there, I believe in the end, it was jupiter, however, years ago, the planets didnt vibrate or shine as brightly as they do now, they didnt appear as close to us......with that in mind, what is going on?....... its interesting, if nothing else.:) cheers

[gambleyourhealth]

@cdbfort "shine as brightly as they do now, they didnt appear as close to us......with that in mind, what is going on?"

This is due to Opposition.

In case no one looked it up, Opposition is the Astronomy way of saying "full planet" which is exactly the same as a full moon. This is why the planets look brighter, bigger, closer . . . because they are reflecting more light of their surface area due to the relation of the Suns position, the planets position and the observer.

Hope this helped

[gambleyourhealth]

@cdbfort due to Jupiters rather slow orbit it would have been in around the same place last year also. It takes almost 12 years for Jupiter to orbit the Sun so its position over the period of one year will not have moved much (changed by 1/12th)

Opposition makes planets look brighter and bigger. For a full explanation of the term Opposition as used in astronomy type Opposition+astronomy in google.

[DPIII1]

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