screenshot from the software montalk gave a link to - it's very nifty - you can scroll around the night sky, check out the constellations - their names, all that good stuff:

lol@ USO

Mars and Saturn are almost conjunct in 7-8 degrees Leo, which puts them about 40 degrees above the southwestern horizon. 

Sounds like that was it!  Should definitely make for a good sight!

The moon is also at perigee and Pluto just went into opposition to the Sun.  Could be contributing to all the weirdness. .

I checked the Toronto sky last night around 8pm and the only thing that comes close is the Mars/Saturn thing.  Could it be that with a weird color/shape given atmospheric conditions?

If not that, then it was an Unidentified Stationary Object.  = )

1. my location: canada, toronto

2. time: about 8 pm when i first spotted this thing (still fairly light out - sun was starting to go down but the sky was lightish blue in hue)

3. the object was SW in relation to us

4. it wasn't that high in the horizon at all - actually - i'm not sure how to calculate that angle ... but if i was to look straight up and consider that 90 degrees as measured from when i'm looking straight ahead, then this thing was probably around the 45 degree mark (+/- 10 degrees)

in the end - i guess it doesn't really matter what star/object it actually was - but it would still be interesting to find out ... the last few days have been ... well ... strange for me and i wonder what kind of effect / how much of an effect (if any at all) planetary alignment is having ... i know the moon did its little number on me !! or was it me responding to it ?? ultimately i have to take responsiblity for myself (excuse the ramblage/self talk)

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my internet got cut off and then i saw z3 and PH's responses ... errum ... what i saw wasn't a cluster (or didn't appear to be - and it wasn't red - it was an intense bright yellow - and extraordinarily large considering we could see it when it was so light out - satellite is a possiblity)

Space Weather News for June 14, 2006
http://spaceweather.com

CONVERGING PLANETS: Mars and Saturn aren't super-bright, but they will catch your eye after dark because they are so close together. The two planets are converging, forming a tight pair in the western sky. Look for them just after sunset on the evenings of June 15th through 17th. The view is best on June 17th, when Saturn and Mars are closest together, but it's also fun watching them converge on the two nights before.

PHOTO-OP: June 15th is special because, en route to Saturn, Mars will glide in front of the Beehive star cluster. Using binoculars or a small telescope you can easily see the ensemble: it will look like a red supernova (Mars) has gone off among the stars of the Beehive. Astrophotographers, prepare your cameras!

SPACE STATION SIGHTINGS: At this time of year, near the June solstice, the International Space Station (ISS) is orbiting in almost continuous sunlight. It's a great time to see the ISS flying brightly-lit through the night sky. Would you like to be alerted when the ISS is about to fly over your backyard? Sign up for SpaceWeather PHONE: http://spaceweatherphone.com .

For sky maps and more information about these events, please visit http://spaceweather.com .
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Tenet beat me to it.  I had to back up to about 5pm last night to see Venus just above the horizon.

Here is a view looking West at 8pm last night from Florida.  Click for a larger image.

1.  Where were you?

2.  What time was it?

3.  What direction was the object?

4.  How high over the horizon was the object?

I can say with some confidence that it wasn't Venus as it is currently about 30 degrees ahead of the Sun, not trailing it.

i did a google search and one of the good sites i found was the above site - it's got some good info on the June sky ... i'm still not sure what i saw - at first we thought it was a plane - but it wasn't moving - then i thought it might be a satellite - but those things usually move as well, no ? or could you see a satellite sitting in a fixed position for a long time ? i don't know ...