Initial data
Observer Eduard from the city of Placentals:
Noticed this pot somewhere in 23.00 (13.12) - seemed too bright glow to the stars well, and ran for his "telescope" (from the Zenit lens 500mm F8) and began to examine them. What was my surprise when I like a movie I saw flashing lights in a circle, well, not quite a circle but more like a stretched circle at 4 points and I was disappointed when even my 350Д DSLR camera failed to catch the focus (imeetsja adaptor to Zenit) course manual pytalsja to change the shutter speed but all in vain so do not obesudte for the quality of the human eye, it induces goosebumps
By the way, this boat until the morning stood on the site of TB, how the earth turned And again, not an expert to guess the distance from the earth but the Duma a piece of stupendous - a couple of hundred kilometers exactly sravneniyu the moon was in value three but was half brighter.
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Hypotheses
The heavenly bodies
The brightest heavenly bodies in the sky are Venus, Jupiter, and sometimes Mars and, of course, the Moon.
Venus is the bright yellow of the evening or morning star, shining in the sky on the background of evening or dawn. Maximum brightness of Venus can reach up to 4.3 m, and she is the third brightness of the sun in earth's sky after the sun and the moon. It so well reflects the light of the Sun that it is relatively easy to see and day, especially if you know the location. It manifests itself in the form of tiny blinking white dots.
Objects and light sources out of focus
When the objects are out of focus, their silhouettes blurred and poorly recognizable. They can look like dark or colored translucent stain. This is often the cobwebs, spiders, insects in front of the camera.
Investigation
Sidorov Evgeny (the administrator of the site ufo.lv who came to this story):
The Planet Venus
Let's try to clarify this version.
According to the Astronomical week from 8 to 14 December 2008:
Most affordable celestial objects this week will be only planets, and in the daytime, of course, the Sun. In the afternoon you can see also Venus, pre-calculated horizontal coordinates at the moment of observation. The best time to find a planet after noon, when it is near the upper culmination. At the latitude of Moscow Venus culminates at a height of 12 - 13 degrees. Exactly 3 hours after noon Venus crosses the celestial Meridian at a specified height. Therefore, it will be enough (under clear sky) view to the South and look up to those 12 - 13 degrees above the horizon to see the planet naked eye. In other cities the height of the climax will be different, and you need to take (to the North) or add (to the South) the difference of latitude with Moscow.
The location of the object in the sky, unfortunately, is not specified. This makes it difficult to accurately determine which celestial body was seen by the observer. In any case, the annular shape of the object could be achieved due to the peculiarities of the focusing lens rather than the form object itself.
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