That looks like Vega, the double double, and a third random star in Lyra that makes a teeny tiny triangle that looks just like the bigger summer triangle it’s apart of.
Srnkanator on
The Sky Tonight app can help you with your smartphone.
Open app, point app towards the stars, wait.
It should be labeled.
No_Credit_9643 on
Next time you look up at the sky, you can get the Stellarium app because it is useful for just pointing your phone at the sky and identifying what you’re looking at!
Spitzbue on
That looks like Vega, one of the brightest stars in the sky! The compass, location, and time are really helpful to confirm, for you Jupiter would still be below the horizon until about 8:20pm, rising in the east. (It’s also red-orange)
Download the app Stellarium, it will really help! You can see the names of constellations and stars through your phone’s camera, or click on objects and see their visibility path. You can also compare it to your photo to figure out where you are.
Edit: another helpful clue it’s Vega is the pair of stars almost touching, Epsilon Lyrae
brogan_the_bro on
Next time you are looking at the stars notice the planets won’t flicker because they are so close to us. Other bright stars will flicker because of the massive distance between us
azelZael2399 on
Jupiter is very, unmistakably bright. That looks relatively brighter than the stars, but Jupiter is like a spot of sunshine in the night. I think that’s Vega.
Get Star Walk 2. Has an AR feature that lets you point the 3D map to the sky and find what’s what.
Orion14159 on
FYI to op and everyone else interested – Google Sky Map is a super effective amateur astronomy tool
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Jupiter is below the horizon in the UK at the moment so no.
Hard to be certain, but I think you’re looking at Vega.
No, Jupiter rises in the northeast around 8:30 pm.
You photographed the star Vega:
https://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/14012602#annotated
That looks like Vega, the double double, and a third random star in Lyra that makes a teeny tiny triangle that looks just like the bigger summer triangle it’s apart of.
The Sky Tonight app can help you with your smartphone.
Open app, point app towards the stars, wait.
It should be labeled.
Next time you look up at the sky, you can get the Stellarium app because it is useful for just pointing your phone at the sky and identifying what you’re looking at!
That looks like Vega, one of the brightest stars in the sky! The compass, location, and time are really helpful to confirm, for you Jupiter would still be below the horizon until about 8:20pm, rising in the east. (It’s also red-orange)
Download the app Stellarium, it will really help! You can see the names of constellations and stars through your phone’s camera, or click on objects and see their visibility path. You can also compare it to your photo to figure out where you are.
Edit: another helpful clue it’s Vega is the pair of stars almost touching, Epsilon Lyrae
Next time you are looking at the stars notice the planets won’t flicker because they are so close to us. Other bright stars will flicker because of the massive distance between us
Jupiter is very, unmistakably bright. That looks relatively brighter than the stars, but Jupiter is like a spot of sunshine in the night. I think that’s Vega.
Get Star Walk 2. Has an AR feature that lets you point the 3D map to the sky and find what’s what.
FYI to op and everyone else interested – Google Sky Map is a super effective amateur astronomy tool