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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                  2022 February 3   
      
                               Embraced by Sunlight   
                 Image Credit & Copyright: Juan Luis C+ínovas P+¬rez   
      
      Explanation: Even though Venus (left) was the brightest planet in the   
      sky it was less than 1/30th the apparent size of the Moon on January   
      29. But as both rose before the Sun they shared a crescent phase. For a   
      moment their visible disks were each about 12 percent illuminated as   
      they stood above the southeastern horizon. The similar sunlit crescents   
      were captured in these two separate images. Made at different   
      magnifications, each panel is a composite of stacked video frames taken   
      with a small telescope. Venus goes through a range of phases like the   
      Moon as the inner planet wanders from evening sky to morning sky and   
      back again with a period of 584 days. Of course the Moon completes its   
      own cycle of phases, a full lunation, in about 29.5 days.   
      
                        Tomorrow's picture: pixels in space   
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