Help - The moon and what in this picture??

[kirbinster]

I know this is a terrible picture, but I was on my way to bed as my wife said go take a quick picture of it. If you look in the lower right around 5 O'clock you will see a bright light. At 5pm I saw this looking out the front of my house. I took this shot around 10pm from the back of my house and the bright white light was at the same position relative to the moon, but had moved with it from the front to the back of my house. So, anyone have a clue what it might be?

[ukglyn]

Could it be a star? nice moon pic.

[kirbinster]

Thanks, but don't think it is a very good shot. I did not think it was a star as the moon moves much faster in the sky than does a star I thought. The moon and this objected stayed in the same position relative to one another over five hours while the moon quite a bit from the front to the back of my home.

[didie_jeay]

I would love to learn how to capture full moon too, I took this two nights ago. full moon

[Shelley S.]

It might be Jupiter. I think that is visible in the sky under the moon at this time...

[Pen]

welllll......if you REALLY want to find out you could determine the angles and times and that fun stuff than use this awesome program called Stellarium just set it to the exact date and time and then use the azimuth lines to try to figure it out, or just go the time (make sure you have the right location as well!!!) and find the moon and see what shows up, hope that helps!

[CanonRebelz]

Well, if it didn't twinkle, it's a planet. Either that, or call the cops and report a UFO siting. Lol.

[Pen]

or if you want to tell me what town you live in new jersey as well as the date and time i could look for you so you dont have to download the software and figure out how to use it

[BryanC]

Originally Posted by Pen

welllll......if you REALLY want to find out you could determine the angles and times and that fun stuff than use this awesome program called Stellarium just set it to the exact date and time and then use the azimuth lines to try to figure it out, or just go the time (make sure you have the right location as well!!!) and find the moon and see what shows up, hope that helps!

It's a great program...and free! It's Jupiter you are seeing. Tomorrow night you'll notice them seperated a little more, and more each night after. The apparent movement of the moon across the sky is slower than the stars/planets. It's why moonrise is a little later each night.

[kirbinster]

Yes you are right about it being Jupiter. Last night it was a little further from the moon and lower. Wow this is the first time I every really noticed a planet. Thanks.