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Venus will shine brightly with a magnitude of -4.5, while Saturn will have an apparent magnitude of 1.0 (lower and/or negative numbers indicate brighter objects in the sky).
After reaching its high point in terms of morning visibility in mid-July, Venus will start a long, slow slide back toward the sun, rising about 1.7 minutes later each morning from July 21 through ...
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Now, with the moon gone from the scene, it’s a great opportunity to check out Venus with a small telescope. My first view of Venus through a scope came some 60 years ago.
Watch Venus through a telescope this month. From the 1st to the 15th, the 49″-wide disk showing a 14-percent-lit crescent transforms into a 3-percent-lit crescent spanning 58″ — quite a ...
In a telescope, Venus's illuminated portion has fattened to 45-percent; almost half full. And once you know where Venus is relative to the moon, see if you can keep track of it after the sun has ...
According to Kelly Beatty, senior editor with Cambridge-based "Sky and Telescope," it is not uncommon for Venus to be seen relatively close to Earth's Moon. The sun will rise at 5:47 a.m. in the ...
On March 22, 2025, the Dwingeloo telescope in the Netherlands successfully pulled off an Earth-Venus-Earth (EVE) bounce, making them the second group of amateurs ever to do so.
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The conjunction of Venus and Saturn will occur on Monday, Jan. 20 at 12:16 a.m. (0516 GMT), according to In-the-Sky.org. See Saturn and Venus flank ghostly Neptune in the pre-dawn sky on May 2 ...