weird flikering light in the sky

Last night, around midnight, while clovis_t and I were out for a walk, we noticed a weird flickering light just above the hill. At first I wondered if it might be attached to the tower at the top of Chimney Pot Hill, but it was too far south for that. Further walking and coming around the corner revealed that it was actually in the sky, to the south east of Hobart, much too high to be attached to a tower, but no where near over-head (perhaps 20 degrees above the horizon?). It changed colours as it flickered, blue, red and white, and seemed to get brighter and paler with the colour change (but if there was a pattern as which colours were brighter, I failed to make a note of it). It didn't look like a normal star or planet, but it also didn't move like a satellite does. Anyone have any ideas? massaria, do you know what would look like that in last night's sky?

weird flikering light in the sky

Last night, around midnight, while clovis_t and I were out for a walk, we noticed a weird flickering light just above the hill. At first I wondered if it might be attached to the tower at the top of Chimney Pot Hill, but it was too far south for that. Further walking and coming around the corner revealed that it was actually in the sky, to the south east of Hobart, much too high to be attached to a tower, but no where near over-head (perhaps 20 degrees above the horizon?). It changed colours as it flickered, blue, red and white, and seemed to get brighter and paler with the colour change (but if there was a pattern as which colours were brighter, I failed to make a note of it). It didn't look like a normal star or planet, but it also didn't move like a satellite does. Anyone have any ideas? massaria, do you know what would look like that in last night's sky?