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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Венера на западе http://www.astronet.ru/db/msg/1335166/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi
(TWAN)
Explanation:
In the coming days, Venus shines near the western horizon at sunset.
To find Earth's
sister planet in twilight skies
just look for the brilliant evening star.
Tonight very close
to the Pleiades star cluster, Venus
dominates this springtime night skyscape taken only a few days
ago near the town of Lich in central Germany.
Also known as the Seven Sisters,
the stars of the compact Pleiades cluster appear above Venus in this picture.
The budding tree branches
to its left frame bright star Aldebaran,
the eye of Taurus the Bull, and the V-shaped
Hyades star cluster.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.