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Venus - A Thin Crescent, Jason Guenzel

Venus - A Thin Crescent

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Venus - A Thin Crescent, Jason Guenzel

Venus - A Thin Crescent

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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As Venus slides between us and the Sun, it shows a deep crescent phase. In this image, the planet is only about 6% illuminated.

This is nearing, or could be, my last high-resolution view of the season. It is now closely following the sunset. After a short absence of a few weeks, it will reappear in the summer morning sky, joining the parade of other visible planets.

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Venus - A Thin Crescent, Jason Guenzel

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