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Venus is moving toward a dramatic finale in early 2025, when it will dazzle as the "evening star" after sunset. Here's when to catch it at its brilliant best.
You'll likely need binoculars, and Venus might have to guide you to the extremely thin lunar crescent's location, for Venus at magnitude -3.9, may be an easier body to spot than the moon.
Not surprisingly, Venus is nicknamed “Morning Star” for when it’s visible before dawn in the east and “Evening Star” for when it can be seen in the west after dark.
The “evening star” of Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem “Crossing the Bar” is not really a star but the planet Venus when it is visible for a while after sunset.
Venus, our planet of wealth and worth, will be double dipping and twice shining this week as it moonlights and daybreaks as both the morning and evening star. Read on to learn more about the dual ...
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