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The Pleiades and Venus 3 April 2020, Louis Fico
The Pleiades and Venus 3 April 2020
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The Pleiades and Venus 3 April 2020

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The Pleiades and Venus 3 April 2020, Louis Fico
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The Pleiades and Venus 3 April 2020

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I was able to get this photo last night of Messier 45 and Venus using the ES ED152CF refractor. Bright Venus really brings out color dispersion's (lens flare), and I might work this one a little more, but here's a good start.

One might compare Venus to a supernova in brightness but the reality is that Messier 45 is about 440 light years away, and a supernova at that close distance would produce a bright star at about the brightness of the moon.

In this case, Venus is bright, but nowhere near as bright as the moon. Therefore, if Venus were a star in Messier 45, it would be in a nova state, not supernova state.

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The Pleiades and Venus 3 April 2020, Louis Fico

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