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.

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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 ...

Even through a telescope, Mars' disk shows little detail, due to its small angular size (less than 5″ by the end of the month). While the Red Planet remains visible for many months in the ...

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 ...

Here’s how it works. Venus in the dawn sky as a 'morning star' in September 2023 as seen from Strathmore, Alberta, Canada. (Image credit: Alan Dyer/Stocktrek Images/Getty Images) ...

A telescope will show the ice giant’s pale bluish-green, 3.5″-wide disk. Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern ...

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 ...