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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Полумесяцы Луны и Венеры http://www.astronet.ru/db/msg/1233760/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Drew Sullivan
(Ancient Starlight)
Explanation:
Last Friday, the Moon and Venus shared the early
evening sky in a beautiful conjunction.
Separated by only
about 2 degrees, they also were both in a crescent
phase.
Just like our Moon,
Venus
can appear as a full disk or a
thin crescent.
Frequently the brightest object in the post-sunset or pre-sunrise sky,
Venus is so small that it usually requires
binoculars or a
small telescope to clearly see its phase.
This
telescopic
image of Friday's conjunction shows off the
similar crescent phases, with the tiny
crescent Venus at the upper right.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.