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Credit & Copyright: Katarzyna
Kaczmarczyk
Explanation:
Venus now
appears as Earth's brilliant morning star, shining
above the southeastern horizon before dawn.
For early morning risers, the silvery celestial
beacon rose predawn in a close pairing
with a waning crescent Moon on Thursday, November 9.
But from some
northern
locations,
the Moon was seen to occult or pass in front of Venus.
From much of Europe,
the lunar occultation could be
viewed
in daylight skies.
This time series composite
follows the daytime approach of Moon and morning star
in blue skies from Warsaw, Poland.
The progression of eight
sharp
telescopic snapshots,
made between 10:56am and 10:58am local time,
runs from left to right, when Venus
winked out behind the bright lunar limb.
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Publications with keywords: Moon - Venus - occultation
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