Me and my Dad were travelling back home from Leeds to York today. After a while, I spotted something in the sky. I first thought it was the moon because it looked a similar size, but this one was red. Also, it was lit up from below, and I don't think it's possible for the moon to do that (at least not in the UK AFAIK). Therefore, I began to think it was one of the planet. Because of it's size (about the same size as the moon), I thought it must have been either saturn or jupiter, and since jupiter's the only red one out of the two, I thought that must be it.
Is it Jupiter that I saw? The time was about 18:30. It was very slightly above the horizon, and very red in colour. I didn't have a compass with me at the time, but we were travelling from Leeds to York, and it was positioned between 2 and 3 O' clock, so work it out yourself.
If it was Jupiter, then I'd be quite surprised. It was the same size as the moon!!!! Now I know that Jupiter is 150 time bigger than earth (I think), but it is also a heck of a distance away.
I saw it for a while, but later I lost it. It could have been because we'd entered some big trading estates with lots of lights, but even when we came out of them, I couldn't see it again. My theory on that is the sun would have gone too far below the horizon for it to light up Jupiter anymore, therefore making it very hard to see.
What do you all think? Have you seen anything like it?
(it's probably common knowledge that some planet is in the sky - I just didn't here it)


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