MORE: Departing plane's crew acted appropriately in harrowing incident with desperate Afghans: U.S. military, All I wanted to know is, whats going on, he said. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. When Gunlock heard that the lights were from military exercises, he said that it made sense that they werent from the airport, especially because they were so strikingly bright. Please use another device/browser or check out the desktop version of the Interactive Night Sky Map. ABC 10News brings you breaking San Diego news. Patterns of 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, alongside a video of distant blinking lights. During the opening days of March, Mercury will be tucked just above the eastern horizon before sunrise. Lufthansa flight diverted after turbulence, 7 hospitalized - The San After the evening twilight has disappeared, youll have about half an hour to check the western sky for a broad wedge of faint light extending upwards from the horizon and centered on the ecliptic above the planets Venus and Jupiter. Mystery of 'Night of the UFOs' as fighters chased 11,500mph craft. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch at 10:21 p.m. Tuesday, beginning NASAs Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, mission. The night sky tonight and on any clear night offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects you can see, from stars and constellations to bright planets, the moon, and sometimes special events like meteor showers. The San Diego Police Department told ABC News on Tuesday morning that the mysterious lights were actually flares being used for military exercises. MYSTERY WIRE (Las Vegas, NV) From Las Vegas to Los Angeles last night, people were looking up and seeing a strange string of lights moving quickly across the sky. The space station looks like an airplane or a very bright star moving across the sky, except it doesn't have flashing lights or change direction. 46 . As the night wears on, the diurnal rotation of the sky will swing Pollux and Castor to the moons right. Display the upcoming dates and times for San Diego, California, United States. That translates to 10:08 p.m. EDT or 7:08 p.m. PDT on Tuesday, March 14. Pollux sibling, the bright double star Castor, will twinkle above them. An illustration of the night sky on Feb. 1 showing Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) at its closest to Earth.