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Credit & Copyright: A.J. Smadi
Explanation:
Made with a telescope shaded from bright sunlight by an umbrella,
on April 5 a
well-planned
video
captured a crescent Venus
shining in clear daytime skies
from Shoreline, Washington, USA at 11:57AM Pacific Time.
It also caught the
International Space Station
in this single
video
frame.
In close conjunction with the bright planet,
the faint outline of the orbital outpost seen at a range
of about 400 kilometers appears to be
similar in size to the slender planetary crescent.
Of course the ISS is much smaller than Venus.
Now
appearing
as planet Earth's brilliant morning star and
climbing above the eastern horizon in predawn skies,
inner planet Venus was nearly 45 million kilometers from Shoreline.
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A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: ISS - Venus
Publications with words: ISS - Venus
See also:
- APOD: 2025 March 16 Á Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun
- Galaxies in Space
- A Conjunction of Crescents
- APOD: 2025 January 5 Á Rocket Launch as Seen from the International Space Station
- APOD: 2024 January 8 Á The Phases of Venus
- APOD: 2023 November 19 Á Space Station, Solar Prominences, Sun
- Daytime Moon Meets Morning Star