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--Apple-Mail-2-245255609 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Just had a great view of Venus shining brilliantly low in the western = twilight (an observer needs a clear view of the low western sky). I've = caught sight of it a few times recently, when the western evening sky = has co-operated. Unfortunately through the rest of the year, while in = the western sky as the <Evening Star>, Venus hugs the horizon, but it is = a brilliant point of light in the twilight never-the-less and will be = more noticeable in the weeks to come, as darkness arrives earlier. On the evening of Aug 9th, if clear, the thin crescent moon can be seen = just below Venus. Try to catch it shortly after sunset (8:32 in = Avonport). By 9 p.m. Venus will still be about 9 degrees above the = horizon in the West. On the 10th the crescent will be just east of = Venus at about the same altitude. Sherman W.= --Apple-Mail-2-245255609 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; = "><br><div> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"orphans: 2; text-align: = -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><div style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = font-size: medium; ">Just had a great view of Venus shining brilliantly = low in the western twilight (an observer needs a clear view of the low = western sky). I've caught sight of it a few times recently, when the = western evening sky has co-operated. Unfortunately through the rest of = the year, while in the western sky as the <Evening Star>, Venus = hugs the horizon, but it is a brilliant point of light in the twilight = never-the-less and will be more noticeable in the weeks to come, as = darkness arrives earlier.</div></div></span></span></div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>On the evening of Aug 9th, = if clear, the thin crescent moon can be seen just below Venus. Try to = catch it shortly after sunset (8:32 in Avonport). By 9 p.m. Venus will = still be about 9 degrees above the horizon in the West. On the = 10th the crescent will be just east of Venus at about the same = altitude.</div><div><br></div><div>Sherman W.</div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-2-245255609--
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