Why is the sky so bright tonight
Why is Venus so bright tonight? Venus in Pleiades visible to the naked eye TONIGHT- NASA News
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venus is the second planet from the Sun
and the brightest planet in the solar
system has seen from Earth Venus also
happens to be the third brightest body
in our skies after the Sun and the moon
early stargazers often referred to Venus
as the morning star or the evening star
because of how bright it appears
everything you need to know about Venus
Venus is the second closest planet to
the Sun orbiting the star from a
distance of about 67 million miles 108
million kilometer for comparison Earth
orbits the Sun from an average distance
of about 93 million miles
149 point six million kilometer because
the planet spins backwards the Sun on
Venus rises in the West and sets in the
east Venus has no moons or rings of its
own and its surface is a barren volcanic
landscape of mountains and plateaus
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surface temperatures on Venus reach a
sweltering 465 C 900 death readmore
Venus at night watch Venus implied is
live tonight how to see Venus and playa
DS in conjunction stargazers are in for
a treat tonight
April 3rd because Venus will cross paths
with the star cluster deities according
to the Jodrell Bank Center for
Astrophysics Venus will appear just to
the left of the star Merapi in playa B's
look of the planet and cluster in the
Western skies when viewed from London
although you might be able to catch a
faint glimpse of Venus just before
sunset wait until after 8 p.m. for the
best results the cosmic duo will then be
visible until after midnight when they
dipped below the horizon but do not
worry because you will have a chance to
catch them again tomorrow
what is the flyer his star cluster also
known as the Seven Sisters the Pleiades
cluster can be found near the
constellation of Taurus the ball
although only six of its stars are
visible to us on earth there are more
than 1000 in the cluster
according to Space Agency NASA the
cluster has been observed since ancient
times but it was Italian astronomer
Galileo Galilei who first laid eyes on
it through a telescope NASA said it has
an apparent magnitude of 1.6 and can be
seen with the naked eye the cluster is
best observed during January let's look
at why
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