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Venus brighter now that it will be all year Venus brighter now that it will be all year

04-30-2017 , 11:12 PM
Are you early risers going out and admiring it in the eastern sky?

February 16th (evening) and April 30th (morning) were its brightest appearances for another year and a half. It'll get steadily dimmer the rest of the year.

Quick viewing info for people not already hooked: A Planet Skywatching Guide for 2017

If you are intrigued, like I was, by the odd way that Venus becomes bright extremely fast after it passes between us and the sun, then very slowly becomes dimmer, feel free to read a short item I wrote up about it: When is Venus brightest?. See, you really DO use calculus after you get out of school sometimes... and not just to try to find optimal bluffing frequencies in poker.
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