A very thin crescent Venus – March 9, 2017 – by Greg Hogan in Kathleen, Georgia. Venus passes between us and the sun every 584 days, or about every 1.6 years. Astronomers call it an “inferior conjunction,” and it’ll happen next on March 25, 2017. Thus Venus is nearly between Earth and the sun now, in its smaller faster orbit. Its lighted half, or day side, is facing mostly away from us now, and that’s why we see it in a crescent phase.
Patrick Prokop in Savannah, Georgia also caught Venus on March 9. He wrote: “A very thin waning crescent Venus just 16 days from inferior conjunction. The view of the planet is rapidly sinking in the western evening sky soon to be heading into the glare of the sun.”
Shahrin Ahmad in Malaysia caught Venus as a crescent – 17.6%. 26 days to inferior conjunction – on February 28, 2017. As Venus nears inferior conjunction, it can be seen to wane rapidly in phase.
Patrick Prokop in Savannah, Georgia created this composite image of Venus as a crescent on February 24, 2017.
This collection of Venus images from December 2016 to February 2017 shows how the size and phase of Venus has changed as it has moved closer to passing between the Earth and sun on March 25. After the March 25 inferior conjunction, Venus will emerge into the morning sky once again. Image by our friend Tom Wildoner at LeisurelyScientist.com.
Bottom line: Photos beginning in late 2016 and extending through March 2017, showing Venus telescopically, as it wanes to a thin crescent phase.
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A very thin crescent Venus – March 9, 2017 – by Greg Hogan in Kathleen, Georgia. Venus passes between us and the sun every 584 days, or about every 1.6 years. Astronomers call it an “inferior conjunction,” and it’ll happen next on March 25, 2017. Thus Venus is nearly between Earth and the sun now, in its smaller faster orbit. Its lighted half, or day side, is facing mostly away from us now, and that’s why we see it in a crescent phase.
Patrick Prokop in Savannah, Georgia also caught Venus on March 9. He wrote: “A very thin waning crescent Venus just 16 days from inferior conjunction. The view of the planet is rapidly sinking in the western evening sky soon to be heading into the glare of the sun.”
Shahrin Ahmad in Malaysia caught Venus as a crescent – 17.6%. 26 days to inferior conjunction – on February 28, 2017. As Venus nears inferior conjunction, it can be seen to wane rapidly in phase.
Patrick Prokop in Savannah, Georgia created this composite image of Venus as a crescent on February 24, 2017.
This collection of Venus images from December 2016 to February 2017 shows how the size and phase of Venus has changed as it has moved closer to passing between the Earth and sun on March 25. After the March 25 inferior conjunction, Venus will emerge into the morning sky once again. Image by our friend Tom Wildoner at LeisurelyScientist.com.
Bottom line: Photos beginning in late 2016 and extending through March 2017, showing Venus telescopically, as it wanes to a thin crescent phase.
from EarthSky http://ift.tt/2lufDz7
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