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If you can see it as not-round without visual aids, we'll have to start calling you Hawkeye, Lynn.
Even with binoculars, I struggle to see the phase (not that I bother to try very often).
If it was low above the horizon, there may have been some lensing distortion because the oblique angle means you are looking through so much more atmosphere compared to looking vertically upward. Also, the bright side of the phase should at least face the sun which would be below the horizon and well to the left. So it should be at an angle, not horizontal.
Incidentally, I used to live on the Sussex coast and was able to see lights as bright as Venus, low above the horizon, but they were due north of me and it was nowhere near dawn or sunset, so I knew that they had to be something else. In binoculars, they turned out to be the paired landing lights on planes, probably heading into Gatwick. They were so far away, I couldn't hear any engine noise. They appeared stationary for more than a minute before turning to one side. I began to understand how UFO sightings can come about. :)
Even with binoculars, I struggle to see the phase (not that I bother to try very often).
If it was low above the horizon, there may have been some lensing distortion because the oblique angle means you are looking through so much more atmosphere compared to looking vertically upward. Also, the bright side of the phase should at least face the sun which would be below the horizon and well to the left. So it should be at an angle, not horizontal.
Incidentally, I used to live on the Sussex coast and was able to see lights as bright as Venus, low above the horizon, but they were due north of me and it was nowhere near dawn or sunset, so I knew that they had to be something else. In binoculars, they turned out to be the paired landing lights on planes, probably heading into Gatwick. They were so far away, I couldn't hear any engine noise. They appeared stationary for more than a minute before turning to one side. I began to understand how UFO sightings can come about. :)
Also, try
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Site registration isn't compulsory but do tell it your viewing location or the Star Charts and flyby timings will be wrong for you.
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Site registration isn't compulsory but do tell it your viewing location or the Star Charts and flyby timings will be wrong for you.
If you have a smart phone, search for an app called 'planets'. Here is a link to their website
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You can put the phone in 3D mode and when you hold your phone up to the sky, it will tell you what the planets and constellations are...very handy.
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You can put the phone in 3D mode and when you hold your phone up to the sky, it will tell you what the planets and constellations are...very handy.
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