The Sky This Week from July 7 to 14: Venus shines bright

Friday, July 7 Have you noticed that bright, steady point of light lingering in the west after sunset for months? That’s Venus; at 10 A.M. EDT today, the planet reaches greatest brilliancy, blazing at magnitude –4.7. By evening, it hangs some 20° high as the Sun is sinking and will slowly set over the nextContinue reading “The Sky This Week from July 7 to 14: Venus shines bright”
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