Venus set to shine bright twice this year

By The Nation

 

 

Venus set to shine bright twice this year.

 

The National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (Narit) is inviting people to keep a lookout for Venus, which will be at its brightest on two evenings this year – on April 28 from 6.30pm to 9pm on the western side of the sky and in the morning of July 8 from 3.30am to 6am on the eastern side.

 

The star can be observed without a telescope nationwide, and if seen through a telescope, it will appear like a crescent moon. It is expected that the star’s brightness will stand at -4.6 magnitude of the brightness of the sun. The full moon appears at -13, or about 400,000 times fainter than the sun.

 

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When was Venus reclassified as a star?

53 minutes ago, asiacafe said:

When was Venus reclassified as a star?

When the writer has no knowledge of astronomy.  

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

It is expected that the star’s brightness will stand at -4.6 magnitude of the brightness of the sun. The full moon appears at -13, or about 400,000 times fainter than the sun.

-4.6  VS -13  does that mean that Venus will be brighter than the moon ?    to my way of thinking a more minus number should be dimmer not brighter ????

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The star can be observed without a telescope nationwide

Oh dear...

2 hours ago, johng said:

-4.6  VS -13  does that mean that Venus will be brighter than the moon ?    to my way of thinking a more minus number should be dimmer not brighter ????

That's not the way it works:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_brightest_natural_objects_in_the_sky

 

Venus has been visible for a few days above the Western horizon.

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury

 

She is very bright now.

 

Suffice for me to comment upon her dazzling beauty to my household......who declined to "come and see".

 

 

 

36 minutes ago, Enoon said:

That's not the way it works:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_brightest_natural_objects_in_the_sky

Yes rather confusing...why not start with the sun at 100 (for example)

and then everything else could be "less bright"   instead of the brightest thing being the most minus

 

Anyway I think I did see Venus last night it was quite bright and noticeable also there seemed to be less light pollution so a few more stars where visible too !!!

16 hours ago, asiacafe said:

When was Venus reclassified as a star?

Their on another pilgrimage following it to find another Jesus.