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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.   
      
                                  2024 January 8   
       Many images of Venus are shown superposed. Together, they make an arc   
       from the top, around the left, to the bottom. The smallest images of   
      Venus are at the top and show nearly complete circles. The largest are   
           at the bottom and show thin crescent. phases. Please see the   
                    explanation for more detailed information.   
      
                                The Phases of Venus   
                     Image Credit & License: St+¬phane Gonzales   
      
      Explanation: Venus goes through phases. Just like our Moon, Venus can   
      appear as a full circular disk, a thin crescent, or anything in   
      between. Venus, frequently the brightest object in the post-sunset or   
      pre-sunrise sky, appears so small, however, that it usually requires   
      binoculars or a small telescope to clearly see its current phase. The   
      featured time-lapse sequence was taken over the course of six months in   
      2015 from Surg+¿res, Charente-Maritime, France, and shows not only how   
      Venus changes phase, but changes angular size as well. When Venus is on   
      the far side of the Sun from the Earth, it appears angularly smallest   
      and nearest to full phase, while when Venus and Earth are on the same   
      side of the Sun, Venus appears larger, but as a crescent. This month   
      Venus rises before dawn in waxing gibbous phases.   
      
         Free APOD Lecture: January 9, 2024 to the Amateur Astronomers of   
                              Association of New York   
                          Tomorrow's picture: Thor's hat   
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