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Spent 45 minutes trying to find Jupiter with my binoculars

I had my planisphere and knew exactly where to look, but I kept focusing on a bright streetlight three houses down thinking it was the planet. My neighbor finally came out and asked why I was staring at his new security light for so long. Has anyone else mixed up a man-made light with a celestial object from their yard?
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vals38
vals382mo ago
Watched my buddy track a "satellite" for twenty minutes. Turned out to be a plane's landing light. He was so mad.
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julia_burns9
My porch light is a convincing Mars.
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gavinhunt
gavinhunt2mo ago
Convincing for who? It's just a light.
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