Planet Venus will be just 15 degrees above the horizon. So to get a transparent view, you could be certain that there are not any timber or buildings increased than a fist and a half, in any other case your view is more likely to block partially or fully.
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Skywatchers and astronomers in the United Kingdom witnessed a lovely spectacle of the conjunction between the dazzling magnitude -4.5 Venus, the waning crescent Moon and planet Mars aligned with each other, early in the morning on September 10, 5.30 a.m. BST. As the sunrise comes later, many people would witness the bright spot in the sky.
According to EarthSky.org, the moon and Venus rank as the second and third brightest celestial bodies after the Sunday. Venus has been a prominent object in the sky for some time now, and that’s because of its high albedo, which is the amount of light it reflects back into space. It finally relinquished the title of “Evening Star” less than a month ago and disappeared from view before beginning to appear in the morning instead.
Basically, what Venus’ reflection coefficient does is bouncing the 75% of the sunlight received directly to Earth, resulting in a bright dot in the sky. This albedo belongs to the permanent cloud layer, surrounding the planet. The clouds mirror practically seventy five% of the daylight they get again towards Earth.
The Moon lies 247,800 miles (398,800 kilometres) distant on the morning of 10 September, while Venus is 138 times further away – 34.3 million miles (55.2 million kilometres) from Earth, to be precise. Mars is not only the faint but also smaller compared to Venus.
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Google has published an interesting app, “Google Sky”. On Friday, skies may allow seeing the ISS, but it’s a short pass and on the early side (5:02 a.m.).
