THURSDAY, March 28, 2024
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Venus set to shine bright twice this year

Venus set to shine bright twice this year

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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