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Check out VENUS tonight - looks brighter then ever and with a Bright CORONA visible!
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 77674872:MV80MzEwMDU0Xzc4ODAwNzYwXzFDQ0I4MzND] I’m looking at Venus right now. Close to moon. Cant se any stars only moon and Venus (really bright). Sun just went down! [/quote]
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Venus was a sight to not miss in tonights sky, rather ominous, one way or another:
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EDIT - they call this effect, get this, the "Corona around Venus"!
Yep, would you get a load of this!
Venus has a corona, as we read:
"Coronae around the moon and sun are fairly commonplace.
More rarely, Venus can be a bright enough luminary to make them but usually only the smudge of the central aureole is seen.
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This is what we are seeing in the video!
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