<p>It's probably the planet Venus. You can use an online planetarium (or one of the many mobile apps) to identify objects. <a href="https://in-the-sky.org/skymap.php?no_cookie=1&amp;latitude=46.49&amp;longitude=-80.99&amp;timezone=-5.00&amp;year=2019&amp;month=1&amp;day=2&amp;hour=6&amp;min=45&amp;PLlimitmag=2&amp;zoom=152&amp;ra=16.04509&amp;dec=-22.22574" rel="noreferrer">This link</a> shows the sky this morning at 6:45am at your location:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/vsCiV.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/vsCiV.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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2019-01-03T00:33:48.720Z
What percentage of the time is, *What's the bright object*, Venus? What else could it be? Mars, Jupiter?
Mazura
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2019-01-03T03:27:23.477Z
@Mazura: Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Sirius, comet, satellite, rocket plume, airplane, weather balloon, signal flare, drone...
Ilmari Karonen
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2019-01-02T13:48:35.033Z
2019-01-02T13:48:35.033Z
Glorfindel
<p>I, too, saw a very bright object in the eastern sky before dawn a few days ago (Saturday-5-Jan-2019).  Based on previous experience viewing astronomical objects, I reckoned that it was probably Venus.  Jupiter would not be that bright unless it were opposite the sun, i.e., closer to us.  Saturn, Mars, and Mercury are NEVER that bright.
With kind regards,<br>
Mark Creek-water Dorazio,  long-time astronomy enthusiast</p>

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2019-01-09T01:00:09.173Z
PERFESSER CREEK-WATER
<p>There is a bright object above the moon in Sudbury, highly visible to the eye, nothing else as bright in the sky except for the moon. I'm looking around 6 and 7am.  What is it ? </p>

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2019-01-02T16:25:55.497Z
Hi -- since things move in the sky :-),  you should provide the date as well as time of observation.
Carl Witthoft
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What is the bright object above the moon in Sudbury, Ontario?
Jacques Mercure
# What is the bright object above the moon in Sudbury, Ontario?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-01-02)

There is a bright object above the moon in Sudbury, highly visible to the eye, nothing else as bright in the sky except for the moon. I'm looking around 6 and 7am. What is it ?

**Tags:** amateur-observing

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Hi -- since things move in the sky :-),  you should provide the date as well as time of observation.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-01-02. Score: 14

It's probably the planet Venus. You can use an online planetarium (or one of the many mobile apps) to identify objects. [This link](https://in-the-sky.org/skymap.php?no_cookie=1&latitude=46.49&longitude=-80.99&timezone=-5.00&year=2019&month=1&day=2&hour=6&min=45&PLlimitmag=2&zoom=152&ra=16.04509&dec=-22.22574) shows the sky this morning at 6:45am at your location:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/vsCiV.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/vsCiV.png)

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: What percentage of the time is, *What's the bright object*, Venus? What else could it be? Mars, Jupiter?  
> **username_4**: @username_3: Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Sirius, comet, satellite, rocket plume, airplane, weather balloon, signal flare, drone...  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2019-01-09. Score: 0

I, too, saw a very bright object in the eastern sky before dawn a few days ago (Saturday-5-Jan-2019). Based on previous experience viewing astronomical objects, I reckoned that it was probably Venus. Jupiter would not be that bright unless it were opposite the sun, i.e., closer to us. Saturn, Mars, and Mercury are NEVER that bright.
With kind regards,  
Mark Creek-water Dorazio, long-time astronomy enthusiast


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