Hi, everyone,



I was just wondering if anyone who lives in the Phoenix, Arizona area saw the same light as my friends and neighbors did tonight, and if so, if you can tell me what it is.



Here's a brief description:



At 7:44 pm, I received a phone call. Around 8:00, I listened to the message my friend left, who told me that he was driving home, and saw a bright light in the sky. He wanted me to go out and see if I also saw it. He told me to look in the northwest sky. I immediately walked outside to the park next to my townhouse complex, and sure enough, I saw a very bright light in the sky. VERY bright. Airplanes were flying in that area also, but they looked tiny and very dim, compared to the light.



My neighbor walked into his house and brought out some binoculars. He let me look through them, and what it looked like to me was maybe something that was rounded on one end and flat on the other, but very bright, so it was hard to make out the edges. There also seemed to be a darker area in the center.



I called my friend in Tempe, who said that she could also see it.



I finally came in around 8:15 or so, because the light hadn't moved for about a half an hour, so I figured it was probably a bright planet. But I have never, ever in my life ever seen a planet that bright.



Anyone know if Venus is out this time of year? I got some pictures with my digital camera, but it only looks like a bright star....but I"ll post them in a few minutes. I tried to get one with a plane flying below it, but I think I snapped it too late.



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Addendum: my friend just called and he told me he's going to e-mail me the pictures from his cell phone. He took the pictures when the sky was very light, and also when it was dark.



I don't think it was a star, because it was too light for stars to come out when the sky was as light as it was when he first saw the bright light.



[edit on 11-6-2009 by nikiano]