[Aceras]

so my brother sends me this cryptic message: "is there a planet about orion's body length above orion's head? if so what planet is it?"

i naturally assumed he was being retarted and ignored it. but he calls me from africa asking if i knew.
evidently he can see something around orion. im assuming its not just a star. cause that would make me wonder how stupid he really was .

anyone have any ideas?

[mrdaveyk]

hhhmm i suppose this is asking abit much but did he say what colour it was?

[mrdaveyk]

found this for ya

Yes, that's the brightest star in our night sky, the Dog
Star Sirius, at -1.5 magnitude. And that's exactly the
same way we find and identify it...just follow Orion's
3 Belt stars right down to Sirius. No other stars are brighter, but 2 of our planets are...Jupiter and Venus,
so if you see something brighter, it's one of those two
planets. {If it's just a little brighter, then it's Jupiter, but if it's super brighter, than it's Venus.
Venus rises in the East around 3:30 am, whereas Jupiter sets now in the southwest around 7 pm.}

[Aceras]

ahh great thank you. ill just tell him its venus or jupiter and he can deal with it..lol.

although his wording makes me wonder if hes saying its a good bit above orion's head.
he needs to work on his grammar, big time.

[mrdaveyk]

i thought that

i wonder if it makes a difference on what side of the equator your on, that answer is based from las Vegas...

doubt it though