   bright light in the sky
  Okay, I''m fairly certain it''s the International Space Station, but I could be wrong.It''s the brightest object in the sky, other than the moon, and travels west to east (unlike the stars which travel east to west). I mean, it''s even brighter than Venus. 
  AHH TEH AL13N5!!!!1!!!1!!!!!11!1~[edited by - DerAngeD on February 13, 2004 10:23:47 PM];  How can you tell if it''s not just a plane?  Every time I see something bright in the sky I assume it''s an airplane.Anyway, I think I might be able to see what you''re talking about.  It''s the only thing I can see in the sky, and it''s not moving fast enough to be an airplane.  It might be a planet for all I know.I''m in southern Minnesota, USA, and I''m seeing this object to the east, and a tiny bit to the south. ;   yeah, it''s medium high in the east right now, I''m in PA. Around 7:30 it was low in the west.I''ve seen it for a while, so I know it''s not an airplane."Pain is the fire that tempers the soul, it is the feeling of fear leaving the body" -Mr. Caretti, may some day he return from Africa to kick my ass again. ;  Binocular observation confirms that I have no idea what this thing is.  It''s been a few minutes and it''s now a bit higher in the sky and more to the south. ;  Hmm...well ain''t that odd. I hope that''s the ISS...but it seems like it''s too bright. Perhaps someone could find a chart of where it''s supposed to be in tonight''s sky? ;  Uh-oh....NASA says that it's not supposed to be visible tonight.So, erm...what DerAnged said.EDIT: I've now got NASA's SkyWatch Java Applet processing a SkySearch request for tonight to identify any visible satellites/orbital objects. I'll have the results in about 11 minutes.   [edited by - andromeda on February 13, 2004 11:01:24 PM];  DEAR GOD WHERE DID IT GO????EDIT: I went outside about 10 minutes ago to look for it and couldn't find it. Haven't been back out since. Anyways, here are the results of the SkySearch. Now I'm REALLY scared.   [edited by - andromeda on February 13, 2004 11:22:09 PM];  I''m in northern Minnesota, slightly west of Duluth (tip of Superior). Looking to the SEE I can see a bright light, too cold out for me to care to stand and watch though.   News Flash! Typhoon Rips through Cemetery; Hundreds DeadPointlessness;  guess we gotta wait until tomorrow night, unless our friends in Hawaii want to way in. 