Venus and its horns at inferior conjunction
Taken by Thierry Legault on October 23, 2026 @
Spain
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Date Taken: 2026:10:23 17:55:24
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Around inferior conjunction, when Venus is between the Sun and us, its thick atmosphere diffracts and scatters the sunlight and extends its crescent behond the usual 180°. Today, Venus was only 6.7° from the Sun when I took this image with my Soleye 300 telescope.
Photographer's website:
https://www.astrophoto.fr
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