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Ape_Togetha_Strong t1_j8g3ou2 wrote

Reply to comment by Andyman0110 in I saw something in the sky last night. help with ID? by Andyman0110

You mean the movement of the star moving below the horizon? Yes... stars move below the horizon.

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Andyman0110 OP t1_j8g41jv wrote

It didn't seem like any of the other ones were also moving beyond the horizon. This one was brighter than anything else in the sky and didn't seem like it was part of any constellation. I'm not an expert I just genuinely am not trying to mark it off as something it isn't. A lot of these answers do provide partial explanations but all of the circumstances together always provides a gap in the suggestions mentioned.

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Ape_Togetha_Strong t1_j8g62jo wrote

Look, you're not doing a great job of saying what exactly is confusing you, so I'm not sure where to start.

The earth spins. That means that all the things in the sky are always moving. The sun sets because the Earth spins. Stars also rise and set just like the sun. The angle they trace through the sky varies depending on where they lie on the celestial sphere. If you're really saying that you don't think it could be a star because you're under the impression that stars don't move below the horizon, then I can assure you they do.

It sounds to me like you saw a star twinkling near the horizon and then setting.

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Andyman0110 OP t1_j8g7eyh wrote

I see, I had made an error in how I worded my question on google and got a different answer. That's my fault.

I was saying I don't think it's a star because (as uneducated as I am on this subject) I look at the stars a lot. I usually don't see something so bright in the sky. Usually Sirius is the brightest but this wasn't in the same direction as Sirius. So I was wondering what could be so bright. It's not like a star could just appear in a day.

It was quite above the horizon. I was parked maybe 50 feet away from the house and the object was way above the house from my point of view and within an hour sunk completely behind the house and horizon. I'm not really sure how to explain it better than that, I can only use comparative measurements.

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