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I live in Essex, England (51.7678° N, 0.0878° E). On 25 July 2019 (hottest day ever in the UK, btw), 06:43 BST, I took this smartphone photo of the Sun. Is that white dot just below and left of the Sun the planet Mars? I've checked with my SkySafari app and it looks like it could be Mars, but I'm just surprised that my relatively cheap phone could take a picture of the planet. Although the photo is quite dark, it was a bright day. Thank you.

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I live in Essex, England (51.7678° N, 0.0878° E). On 25 July 2019 (hottest day ever in the UK, btw), 06:43 BST, I took this smartphone photo of the Sun. Is that white dot just below and left of the Sun the planet Mars? I've checked with my SkySafari app and it looks like it could be Mars, but I'm just surprised that my relatively cheap phone could take a picture of the planet. Although the photo is quite dark, it was a bright day. Thank you.

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I live in Essex, England (51.7678° N, 0.0878° E). On 25 July 2019 (hottest day ever in the UK, btw), 06:43 BST, I took this smartphone photo of the Sun. Is that white dot just below and left of the Sun the planet Mars? I've checked with my SkySafari app and it looks like it could be Mars, but I'm just surprised that my relatively cheap phone could take a picture of the planet. Although the photo is quite dark, it was a bright day. Thank you.

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Stellarium shows Mars close to the Sun and just above the horizon at that date and time. Unfortunately, Mars is only 2° above the horizon (and also on the other side of the Sun to the Earth), so it is very unlikely to be visible against the Sun's glare and through atmospheric haze (atmospheric effects are disabled in the Stellarium image below). Still, it's a nice photograph, but the light on the horizon is probably something much closer to home.

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Given your location, the bright light could be the sun's reflection off an aircraft coming into/leaving London Stansted airport.

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The only planet I have seen in broad daylight, and on a much brighter day than this with the sun much higher in he sky, is Venus. It was quite clearly visible, one didn't need unusually good vision to see it. I tried to pretend it was a flying saucer, but I don't think I fooled anyone. I don't know where Venus was on the day this photo was taken, but if the smaller bright spot we can see is a planet, it can only be Venus. Venus shows phases like the moon, and at closest approach comes within 26 million miles of Earth, closer than any other planet. It also has a high albedo because of its clouds.

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  Venus is close to the Sun, but higher in the ecliptic (see my Stellarium screenshot). The object in the OP's picture seems to be in exactly the right place to be Mars (if my Stellarium setup is correct), but I don't see how it could be visible so low in the sky when it is almost in conjunction. Mars hasn't moved much, so it'll be in the same place, at the same time, tomorrow. I might go out and have a look if the weather's good, but I don't have a clear view of the eastern horizon. I shall need to drive to a fairly high spot. Venus will be 2° west of the Sun tomorrow.
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Stellarium shows Mars close to the Sun and just above the horizon at that date and time. Unfortunately, Mars is only 2° above the horizon (and also on the other side of the Sun to the Earth), so it is very unlikely to be visible against the Sun's glare and through atmospheric haze (atmospheric effects are disabled in the Stellarium image below). Still, it's a nice photograph, but the light on the horizon is probably something much closer to home.

Stellarium

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  Compare Mars's magnitude to Castor and Pollux, similar separations from the Sun and in a darker part of the sky.
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Stellarium shows Mars close to the Sun and just above the horizon at that date and time. Unfortunately, Mars is only 2° above the horizon (and also on the other side of the Sun to the Earth), so it is very unlikely to be visible against the Sun's glare and through atmospheric haze (atmospheric effects are disabled in the Stellarium image below). Still, it's a nice photograph, but the light on the horizon is probably something much closer to home.

Stellarium

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  @MikeG Yeah! I did wonder about that. Stellarium shows Mars as being just 2° above the horizon, so the answer is almost certainly "no".
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Stellarium shows Mars close to the Sun and just above the horizon at that date and time. Unfortunately, Mars is only 2° above the horizon (and also on the other side of the Sun to the Earth), so it is very unlikely to be visible against the Sun's glare and through atmospheric haze (atmospheric effects are disabled in the Stellarium image below). Still, it's a nice photograph, but the light on the horizon is probably something much closer to home.

Stellarium

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Given your location, the bright light could be the sun's reflection off an aircraft coming into/leaving London Stansted airport.

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Given your location, the bright light could be the sun's reflection off an aircraft coming into/leaving London Stansted airport.

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The only planet I have seen in broad daylight, and on a much brighter day than this with the sun much higher in he sky, is Venus. It was quite clearly visible, one didn't need unusually good vision to see it. I tried to pretend it was a flying saucer, but I don't think I fooled anyone. I don't know where Venus was on the day this photo was taken, but if the smaller bright spot we can see is a planet, it can only be Venus. Venus shows phases like the moon, and at closest approach comes within 26 million miles of Earth, closer than any other planet. It also has a high albedo because of its clouds.

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  Venus is close to the Sun, but higher in the ecliptic (see my Stellarium screenshot). The object in the OP's picture seems to be in exactly the right place to be Mars (if my Stellarium setup is correct), but I don't see how it could be visible so low in the sky when it is almost in conjunction. Mars hasn't moved much, so it'll be in the same place, at the same time, tomorrow. I might go out and have a look if the weather's good, but I don't have a clear view of the eastern horizon. I shall need to drive to a fairly high spot. Venus will be 2° west of the Sun tomorrow.
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  Strange things can happen n the sky, especially under unusual atmospheric conditions. You might find it hard to believe that I've seen sunspots quite easily with the naked eye, but I have.
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The only planet I have seen in broad daylight, and on a much brighter day than this with the sun much higher in he sky, is Venus. It was quite clearly visible, one didn't need unusually good vision to see it. I tried to pretend it was a flying saucer, but I don't think I fooled anyone. I don't know where Venus was on the day this photo was taken, but if the smaller bright spot we can see is a planet, it can only be Venus. Venus shows phases like the moon, and at closest approach comes within 26 million miles of Earth, closer than any other planet. It also has a high albedo because of its clouds.

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  Venus is close to the Sun, but higher in the ecliptic (see my Stellarium screenshot). The object in the OP's picture seems to be in exactly the right place to be Mars (if my Stellarium setup is correct), but I don't see how it could be visible so low in the sky when it is almost in conjunction. Mars hasn't moved much, so it'll be in the same place, at the same time, tomorrow. I might go out and have a look if the weather's good, but I don't have a clear view of the eastern horizon. I shall need to drive to a fairly high spot. Venus will be 2° west of the Sun tomorrow.
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  Strange things can happen n the sky, especially under unusual atmospheric conditions. You might find it hard to believe that I've seen sunspots quite easily with the naked eye, but I have.
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The only planet I have seen in broad daylight, and on a much brighter day than this with the sun much higher in he sky, is Venus. It was quite clearly visible, one didn't need unusually good vision to see it. I tried to pretend it was a flying saucer, but I don't think I fooled anyone. I don't know where Venus was on the day this photo was taken, but if the smaller bright spot we can see is a planet, it can only be Venus. Venus shows phases like the moon, and at closest approach comes within 26 million miles of Earth, closer than any other planet. It also has a high albedo because of its clouds.

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