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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.   
      
                                  2023 August 26   
      
                                Crescents of Venus   
                      Image Credit & Copyright: Roberto Ortu   
      
      Explanation: Just as the Moon goes through phases, Venus' visible   
      sunlit hemisphere waxes and wanes. This sequence of telescopic images   
      illustrates the steady changes for Venus during its recent 2023   
      apparition as our evening star. Gliding along its interior orbit   
      between Earth and Sun, Venus grows larger during that period because it   
      is approaching planet Earth. Its crescent narrows though, as the inner   
      planet swings closer to our line-of-sight to the Sun. Closest to the   
      Earth-Sun line but passing about 8 degrees south of the Sun, on August   
      13 Venus reached its (non-judgmental) inferior conjunction. And now   
      Venus shines above the eastern horizon in predawn skies, completing its   
      transition to planet Earth's morning star. On August 21, NASA's Parker   
      Solar Probe completed its sixth gravity assist flyby of Venus, using   
      the encounter to maneuver the probe toward its closest approach yet to   
      the Sun.   
      
                  Tomorrow's picture: Three Galaxies and a Comet   
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