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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Phases of Venus." Just like our Moon, Venus waxes and wanes as it travels around the Sun. This composite image was taken beginning on February 27th (bottom) through May 14th (top) of this year. While it is our evening star now, Venus will become our morning star during the first weeks of June.
An interesting side note is the conjunction of Mercury and Venus that occurs the next two nights (May 21st and 22nd). It will likely be a rain-out here in Charlotte, but if you've got a clear sky, head outside about an hour after sunset. Find an unobstructed view looking west, and you should see Venus. Right below and left of Venus will be Mercury. Hope someone can get a picture or two.
An interesting side note is the conjunction of Mercury and Venus that occurs the next two nights (May 21st and 22nd). It will likely be a rain-out here in Charlotte, but if you've got a clear sky, head outside about an hour after sunset. Find an unobstructed view looking west, and you should see Venus. Right below and left of Venus will be Mercury. Hope someone can get a picture or two.
APOD: 2020 May 21 - Phases of Venus
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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Thursday, May 21, 2020 entitled "Phases of Venus."
Image: Phases of Venus Image Credit & Copyright - Richard Addis
APOD Background "Explanation: Just as the Moon goes through phases, Venus' visible sunlit hemisphere waxes and wanes. This composite of backyard telescopic images illustrates the steady changes for Venus during its current stint as our evening star, as the inner planet grows larger but narrows to a thin crescent. Images from bottom to top were taken during 2020 on dates February 27, March 20, April 14, April 24, May 8, and May 14. Gliding along its interior orbit between Earth and Sun, Venus grows larger during that period because it is approaching planet Earth. Its crescent narrows, though, as Venus swings closer to our line-of-sight to the Sun. Closest to the Earth-Sun line but passing about 1/2 degree north of the Sun on June 3, Venus will reach a (non-judgmental) inferior conjunction. Soon after, Venus will shine clearly above the eastern horizon in predawn skies as planet Earth's morning star. After sunset tonight look for Venus above the western horizon and you can also spot elusive innermost planet Mercury."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGOcfra1cg8
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Image: Phases of Venus Image Credit & Copyright - Richard Addis
APOD Background "Explanation: Just as the Moon goes through phases, Venus' visible sunlit hemisphere waxes and wanes. This composite of backyard telescopic images illustrates the steady changes for Venus during its current stint as our evening star, as the inner planet grows larger but narrows to a thin crescent. Images from bottom to top were taken during 2020 on dates February 27, March 20, April 14, April 24, May 8, and May 14. Gliding along its interior orbit between Earth and Sun, Venus grows larger during that period because it is approaching planet Earth. Its crescent narrows, though, as Venus swings closer to our line-of-sight to the Sun. Closest to the Earth-Sun line but passing about 1/2 degree north of the Sun on June 3, Venus will reach a (non-judgmental) inferior conjunction. Soon after, Venus will shine clearly above the eastern horizon in predawn skies as planet Earth's morning star. After sunset tonight look for Venus above the western horizon and you can also spot elusive innermost planet Mercury."
Brian Eno | Thursday Afternoon | Space Relax Chillout Dream | Space Ambient Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGOcfra1cg8
FYI PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Capt Dwayne Conyers SSG Michael Noll COL Mikel J. Burroughs Maj Robert Thornton Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj Marty Hogan SPC Chris Bayner-Cwik SP5 Mark Kuzinski TSgt David L. TSgt Joe C. SSG William Jones CWO3 Dennis M. MSgt Robert "Rock" Aldi CPT Paul Whitmer Col Carl Whicker SMSgt Lawrence McCarter MSgt David Hoffman
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