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Venus Will Be the Brightest It’ll Be All Year on April 27
Thrillest ^
| 04/24/2020
| Duston Nelson
Posted on 04/25/2020 10:35:47 AM PDT by BenLurkin
We're slowly approaching the night when Venus will be the brightest it's going to be in 2020. That moment arrives the night of April 27, right around 9pm EST.
That evening, the planet hits its greatest illuminated extent, a fancy way of saying its really damn bright. This is the juncture when "the illuminated portion of Venus covers the greatest square area of the sky's dome," writes EarthSky. When it's at its brightest for the year, Venus is almost three times as bright as it is when it's at its dimmest.
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To: BenLurkin
Yes but the RV campgrounds there don’t have hook ups.
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posted on
04/25/2020 2:56:11 PM PDT
by
lurk
To: BenLurkin
Its been exceptionally bright to the west for the last couple months
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posted on
04/25/2020 3:31:40 PM PDT
by
Truthoverpower
(The guv mint you get is the Trump winning express !)
To: alexander_busek
Well, in all the time I’ve lived here on the East Coast in NJ that’s how the Old Girl has been showing herself. Regards.
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posted on
04/25/2020 10:03:19 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
(If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
To: Conan the Librarian
Probably get to see some sea turtles too!!
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posted on
04/25/2020 11:05:36 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Screw journalists.)
To: dragnet2
I remember taking video of that event. I have a 14 1/2 inch F 5.5 Newtonian though for that video I was only using the telescope as a drive. I used the finder scope as a projector into large cardboard box that I mounted on the telescope tube and projected an image inside. I placed a video camera inside the box to record the projection.
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posted on
04/26/2020 1:37:46 AM PDT
by
MarineBrat
(Better dead than red!)
To: jmacusa
Well, in all the time Ive lived here on the East Coast in NJ thats how the Old Girl has been showing herself. Regards."The synodic period is the time Venus takes to be seen again from the Earth in the same position with respect to the Sun (but not necessarily to the stars). It is 584 days long [...] or just over 19 months."
- European Southern Observatory
"...same position with respect to the Sun..." means roughly "in the same phase (crescent, "full," etc.)" and "in the same place in the sky at a specified clock-time."
Since 12 months (= one Earth year) does not "go evenly" into 19 months, Venus would not be seen (from Earth) to have the same phase and position in the sky relative to the Sun in the same month (or even season) in consecutive Earth years.
Q.E.D.
Regards,
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posted on
04/26/2020 2:16:54 AM PDT
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: MarineBrat
Clever. Btw, why did you not use the Newtonian for the video? Was it lack of a solar filter?
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posted on
04/26/2020 10:31:58 AM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: alexander_busek
So this holds true for the Northern Hemisphere of the US, southern NJ on the East Coast?
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posted on
04/26/2020 10:58:28 AM PDT
by
jmacusa
(If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
To: alexander_busek
.25 to .5. Fired up my Orion SpaceProbe 130ST last night. Almost as bright or as bright as the moon only smaller. Was somewhat surprised that it was so visible here in Wichita city limits.
Will be near the moon tonight.
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posted on
04/26/2020 11:10:25 AM PDT
by
bugman
To: jmacusa
So this holds true for the Northern Hemisphere of the US, southern NJ on the East Coast?What I wrote holds true for anywhere on the surface of the planet Earth. Even holds true for Venus as viewed not only from Earth, but also as viewe drom the Earth's Moon (i.e., it is true that the synodic period of Venus - 19 months - determines how Venus looks and where it can be found in the sky).
Regards,
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posted on
04/26/2020 11:32:37 AM PDT
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: alexander_busek
Well, as I said. I’ve always seen Venus setting at this time of year , just as it’s doing now and rising in the east in winter at dawn , never the reverse. Regards.
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posted on
04/26/2020 11:39:20 AM PDT
by
jmacusa
(If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
To: bugman
Almost as bright or as bright as the moon only smaller.The brightest astronomical objects have negative apparent magnitudes: for example, Venus at −4.2 or Sirius at −1.46. [...] and the mean magnitude of the full moon is −12.74.
-12.74 minus -4.2 = 8.54 magnitudes.
The magnitude scale is logarithmic. One difference in magnitude is equivalent to a 2.5-fold difference in brightness.
The 8.54-fold greater magnitude of the Moon is thus equivalent to being 2.5 to the 8.54-power times brighter than Venus at its brightest.
That's roughly 2,000 times brighter!
Regards,
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posted on
04/26/2020 11:41:41 AM PDT
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: dragnet2
I dont have a solar filter for the big scope. I bungeed a towel over the main aperture, And did some surgery on a large cardboard box so that it would fit snug up against the tube. I put a hole through the end of the box where the finder scope poked through and projected onto a white sheet of paper on the back of the box. The movie camera went inside of the box filming the projection on the white sheet of paper. I have always been a bubble gum and guy wire kind of astronomer. :-)
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04/27/2020 3:06:07 PM PDT
by
MarineBrat
(Better dead than red!)
To: Conan the Librarian
Well we got to Melbourne anyway. Did get to take a peek! First really clear night we’ve had down here in a while.
Would have liked to see it without the Moon to look for Venus shadows
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posted on
04/28/2020 4:28:37 AM PDT
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
The rest of the Venus keyword, chrono sorted, some editing:
- 'Lucky' MESSENGER data upends long-held idea about Venus' atmosphere [2020]
- Venus and Jupiter Will Both Be Visible in a Rare Pairing This Weekend. Here's How to See It. [2019]
- NASA's space probe for exploring Venus should be ready by 2023 [2019]
- How Mercury and Venus can guide our hunt for alien life on exoplanets [2019]
- The sun follows the rhythm of the planets [2019]
- Failed 1970s Venus Probe Could Crash to Earth This Year [2019]
- See Venus and Saturn to Pass Each Other at Dawn on Monday [2019]
- A humorous description of life on various planets, by Henry Livingston, 1789 [2018]
- SpaceX's 'Starman' and Its Tesla Roadster Are Now Beyond Mars [2018]
- NASA eyes stunning 'cloud city' airship concept to explore Venus [2018]
- High Altitude Venus Operational Concept (HAVOC) [2018]
- Venus Meets A Crescent Moon (2018) [2018]
- Jupiter and Venus Change Earth's Orbit Every 405,000 Years [2018]
- NASA's Parker Solar Probe Will Touch the Sun -- So Can You [2018]
- Earth and Venus are the Same Size, so Why Doesn't Venus Have a Magnetosphere?.... [2017]
- Venus, Jupiter conjunction: The brightest planets to meet up in Monday morning sky [2017]
- Huge magnetic tail discovered behind Mars [2017]
- VIDEO: Solar Killshot Aimed At Mars, Venus, Mercury | Level 3 Proton Storm [2017]
- Just some opinions on climate change etc... [2017]
- Aliens may have existed in our solar system long before us [2017]
- Venus wave may be Solar System's biggest [2017]
- Rare Close Encounter of Venus & Jupiter Tonight Won't Happen Again Until 2065 [2016]
- NASA's new climate model of ancient Venus shows a picture of a habitable world [2016]
- NASA: 'Electric Wind' Can Strip Earth-like Planets of Oceans, Atmospheres [2016]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Night on Venus in Infrared from Orbiting Akatsuki [2016]
- Venus Express' swansong experiment sheds light on Venus' polar atmosphere [2016]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Full Venus and Crescent Moon Rise [2016]
- Watch the Moon Occult Vesta and Aldebaran This Weekend [2016]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Five Planets at Castell de Burriac [2016]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- A Five Planet Dawn [see my preemptive comment] [2016]
- Watch Venus Brush Past Saturn This Weekend [2016]
- Spot five planets at once and a transit of Mercury in 2016 [2015]
- Archaeologist Claims to Have Unlocked Phaistos Disk Mystery [again] [2015]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Comet Meets Moon and Morning Star [2015]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Daytime Moon Meets Morning Star [2015]
- Japan's Venus orbiter makes comeback [2015]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Planets of the Morning [2015]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Kenya Morning Moon, Planets, and Taurid [2015]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- A Quadruple Sky Over Great Salt Lake [2015]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Seeking Venus under the Spitzkoppe Arch [2015]
- Why Earth is so much bigger than Mars: Rocky planets formed from 'pebbles' [2015]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Jupiter and Venus from Earth [2015]
- Cassini Spies Bright Venus From Saturn Orbit [2015]
- The Gas (and Ice) Giant Uranus [2015]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Comet Tails and Star Trails [2015]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Venus and Jupiter are Far [2015]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Venus and Jupiter are Close [2015]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Venus, Jupiter, and Noctilucent Clouds [2015]
- Check out Venus and Jupiter, now unbelievably close in the night sky! (easily naked eye visible) [2015]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Venus in the West [2015]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Lenticular Cloud, Moon, Mars, Venus [2015]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Love and War by Moonlight [2015]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- An Evening Sky Conjunction [2015]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Solar System Portrait [2015]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Venus and Mercury at Sunset [2015]
- Mercury and Venus an Awesome Duo at Dusk [2015]
- Catch Mercury Brushing Past Venus in a Spectacular Dusk 'Quasi-Conjunction' This Week [2015]
- NASA wants to build a floating city above the clouds of Venus [2014]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Venus and Jupiter at Dawn [2014]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Jupiter and Venus from Earth [2014]
- Comet Jacques Is Back! Joins Venus and Mercury at Dawn [2014]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Conjunction by the Sea [2014]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- A Milky Way Dawn [2014]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- A View from the Zone [2014]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Daytime Moon Meets Morning Star [2014]
- Watch the Moon Meet Venus in the Dawn this Wednesday [2014]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Night Hides the World [2014]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- From the Northern to the Southern Cross [2014]
- Weird 'Gravity Waves' in Venus Clouds Spotted by Spacecraft [2014]
- The Obama Legacy in Planetary Exploration [2014]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Clouds and Crescents [2014]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Tutulemma: Solar Eclipse Analemma [2013]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- In the Shadow of Saturn [2013]
- Historic Space Images From The Arecibo Observatory [2013]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Venus, Zodiacal Light, and the Galactic Center [2013]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Crescent Moon Meets Evening Star [2013]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun [2013]
- World's oldest temple built to worship the dog star [2013]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Venus' Once Molten Surface [2013]
- Venus' Winds Are Mysteriously Speeding Up [2013]
- The Metallic Snow-Capped Mountains of Venus [2013]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Clouds, Birds, Moon, Venus [2013]
- New Discovery: NASA Study Proves Carbon Dioxide Cools Atmosphere [2013]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Moon Meets Morning Star [2012]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Trails in the Morning Sky [2012]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Dawn of the Dish [2012]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Conjunctions near Dawn [2012]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Venus Transits the Midnight Sun [2012]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- A Venus Transit Over the Baltic Sea [2012]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- A Venus Transit Music Video from SDO [2012]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Venus at the Edge [2012]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- When Venus Rises with the Sun [2012]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Venus Transit 2012 [2012]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Live: Watching for Venus to Cross the Sun [2012]
- What to look for during Tuesday's rare transit of Venus [2012]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- A Picturesque Venus Transit [2012]
- Y! Big Story: Annular solar eclipse, transit of Venus and other non-doomsday celestial phenomena [2012]
- Report: Pilot mistook Venus for aircraft, plunged plane toward Atlantic [2012]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Conjunction Haiku [2012]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Venus and the Sisters [2012]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Paris by Night [2012]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- The Grand Canyon in Moonlight [2012]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Earthshine and Venus Over Sierra de Guadarrama [2012]
- Crescent Moon and Venus [2012]
- Space Weather: Explosions on Venus [2012]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Jupiter and Venus from Earth [2012]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Bright Planets at McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope [2012]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Multicolor Venus [2012]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- An Unusual Venusian Oval [2012]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- The Belt of Venus Over Mercedes, Argentina [2012]
- Life spotted on Venus: Russian scientist [2012]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Young Moon Meets Evening Star [2011]
- Venus Unveiled: Spacecraft finds Earthy features on sister planet [2011]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- A Picturesque Venus Transit [2011]
- Venus springs ozone layer surprise [2011]
- Venus Weather Not Boring After All, Scientists Discover [2011]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Hurricane Irene Forms [2011]
- Is Physicist Stephen Hawking Overrated? [2011]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Moon and Venus at Dawn [2011]
- Night Sky Query [2011]
- Venus Has a Moon? It was thought to be alone, but Venus is being stalked by a "quasi-satellite." [2010]
- Japan rocket blasts off with 'space yacht' and Venus probe [2010]
- Sunset Planets and Spaceships (ISS & Shuttle making visible passes over parts of US tonight and Sun) [2010]
- Space yacht will be first craft to travel on 'solar waves' as it sets sail for Venus [2010]
- Volcanic double-whammy says Venus still spews [2010]
- Sunset Planets [Mercury and much brighter Venus now visible in west just after sunset] [2010]
- Sunset Triangle [Venus, Jupiter, thin crescent moon, Mars all visible tonight after sunset] [2010]
- Al Gore and Venus Envy [2010]
- Mysterious bright spot found on Venus [2009]
- Bright Spot on Venus Stumps Scientists..... (No Clue) [2009]
- Earth Losing Atmosphere Faster than Venus, Mars [2009]
- Neighboring planet could hit Earth...eventually! We're doomed!!! [2009]
- Earth may collide with Venus [2009]
- Sun Stealing Earth's Atmosphere [2009]
- Moon to eclipse Venus [2009]
- Were Mercury and Mars separated at birth? [2009]
- Moon and Venus Travel Towards Mercury and Jupiter (Happy New Year!) [2008]
- This Week's Sky at a Glance [crescent moon joins bright Venus just after sunset tonight and Wed] [2008]
- Where Did Venus's Water Go? [2008]
- Moon Has Iron Core, Lunar-Rock Study Says [2008]
- Spectacular Sky Scene Monday Evening (TONIGHT!) [2008]
- Australians See Smiley Face in Night Sky [2008]
- Venus and Jupiter, very close in the sky and spectacularly bright just after sunset [2008]
- A Spectacular Conjunction of Jupiter and Venus [Waxing Crescent Moon, Too!] [2008]
- Bright Venus continues moving closer to bright Jupiter: Both easily seen by eye just after sunset [2008]
- Did A Mega-collision Alter Venus? [2008]
- Venus' Tail of the Unexpected [2008]
- Mysterious Haze Found on Venus [2008]
- Venus is large in the sky this AM [2008]
- Caught in the wind from the Sun(ESA Venus) [2007]
- Venus' double vortex raises new mystery [2007]
- Venus: Hothouse Planet (or Venus vs. Uniformitarianism) [2007]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day [2007]
- Climate Catastrophes In The Solar System [2007]
- Venus Express Sees Right Down To Planet's Lead-Melting Hot Surface [2006]
- Double vortex at Venus South Pole unveiled! [2006]
- The Difference Between Fallen Angels, Demons, Aliens, Jedi, and the Watchers [2006]
- Venus Express has reached final orbit [2006]
- Unexpected detail in first-ever Venus south pole images [2006]
- Swiss technology en route to Venus [2005]
- Venus Express set for liftoff [2005]
- Planet Venus 'Fell prey to Global Warning'!!! [2005]
- Three Planets in Twilight [Observe Tonight] [2005]
- Three Planets in Twilight [Tonight] [2005]
- Analysis: A Promising NASA Budget? [2005]
- Laser Cooling [2004]
- New Images Reveal Clouds on Planet Uranus (Unusual weather = global warming?) [2004]
- Clear outside? Look to the east before sunup! [2004]
- In the shadow of the Moon [2004]
- Probe To 'Look Inside' Asteroids [2004]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 07-20-04 [2004]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 07-17-04 [2004]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 06-23-04 [2004]
- Flooding May Be A Side Effect Of Venus' Move [2004]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 06-15-04 [2004]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 06-11-04 [2004]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 06-09-04 [2004]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 06-08-04 [2004]
- Venus clouds 'might harbour life' (Global Warming Apparently Not An Issue) [2004]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 05-16-04 [2004]
- The upcoming solar eclipse [2004]
- Rare Venus event puts it between Earth, sun [2004]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 04-15-04 [2004]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 04-02-04 [2004]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 03-26-04 [2004]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 03-23-04 [2004]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 03-08-04 [2004]
- Reworked images reveal hot Venus [2004]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 12-25-03 [2003]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 11-30-03 [2003]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 5-14-03 [2003]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 4-27-03 [2003]
- Americans are from Mars, Europeans are from Venus [2003]
- 'Americans are from Mars, Europeans from Venus' [2003]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 12-04-02 [2002]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 9-29-02 [2002]
- Venus may sustain life, say scientists [2002]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 9-10-02 [2002]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 7-26-02 [2002]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 7-24-02 [2002]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 6-25-02 [2002]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 6-19-02 [2002]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 5-24-02 [2002]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 5-22-02 [2002]
- Seldom-seen Celestial Show Tonight_May 13, 2002 [2002]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 5-10-02 [2002]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 5-09-02 [2002]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 4-29-02 [2002]
- Is Venus Our Future? (Massive Runaway Global Barf Alert) [2002]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 4-18-02 [2002]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 3-30-02 [2002]
- Astronomy Picture of the Day 3-12-02 [2002]
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05/03/2020 1:34:32 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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