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Re: Venus
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2005 Dec 10, 09:16 -0000
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2005 Dec 10, 09:16 -0000
Frank wrote- > Normally you can't see Venus at > inferior conjunction unless it's transiting! But in fact, it can also be > seen when > the ecliptic latitude at conjunction is very high. I've followed it right > through, watching that slim crescent roll around from west facing to east > facing Comment from George- That's interesting. I would like to know the circumstances, and with what instrument, Frank made that observation, when Venus was only 8 degrees North of the Sun (ecliptically speaking).
