Look At This Weird Triangle In The Sky Over Wyoming

Wyoming is one of the best places in the lower 48 states to stargaze, and early this morning, NWS Riverton has proven it.

While the weather agency was launching the balloon, three objects lined up in the perfect triangle shape. Because of all the alien "sightings" in Wyoming, I automatically thought E.T. was trying to phone home.

Luckily, they are way more intelligent than I am and could quickly point out what we were looking at.

The top two are, from left to right, Pollux and Castor, two stars in the constellation Gemini. Pollux is the closest red giant star to earth, at a distance of 34 light years. Castor appears as a singular star, but is actually a system of 6 different stars organized into three pairs. The bottom object is Mars, the 4th planet from the sun.

I took their photo and added graphic stars to represent the real stars so you could see what they were discussing. Then, I added  NWS Riverton's Facebook post to see what it looks like.

Even though the NWS Riverton crew has described what we are seeing well, I'm still not 100% convinced that one of those stars isn't E.T. trying to signal us.

If you haven't gone out and looked at the stars in a while, you should take advantage of Wyoming's lack of light pollution and go on a stargazing trip. If you're ever in the Jackson area, Wyoming Stargazing offers free stargazing on clear Thursday nights all year.

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