Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!rsf@diablo From: rsf%diablo@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.space Subject: What are these stars/planets? Message-ID: <16652@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Feb-84 21:40:00 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.16652 Posted: Tue Feb 14 21:40:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Feb-84 04:12:48 EST Lines: 15 From: Ross FinlaysonEarly this morning (3am PST), after returning from a late night hack attack, I noticed two very bright stars/planets in the south-eastern sky. They seemed to have the same (apparent) brightness. The objects were very close together (slightly less than the width of my index finger at arms length); it was this fact, along with their similar brightness, that made them so noticeable. I couldn't find them on a star chart, so I presume that at least one of them is a planet. Could someone identify these? They're almost impossible to miss. Ross. ps. They weren't moving, so they can't have been planes, satellites or UFOs!