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As the planet show winds down Venus takes the stage for the last act of the year.

jimcoble2000 All Messages By This Member #57446 Of course most of you already know this but now is a good time to start to regularly watch Venus. As the planets close out their observing season, Venus now takes the center stage. Of all the planets, none, other than perhaps Mars, changes in size so much during it's orbit around the sun. Oddly, Venus as it becomes a more and more defined crescent, actually gets considerably brighter. This is already happening. It now is a distinct crescent whereas a couple of months ago it was gibbous. This is fun to watch and the size difference over time is considerable. It should get to be the largest diameter around June or thereabouts. It is an easy target and provides a very nice extended observation. The observation can be done from anywhere as it is fairly high in the sky now.

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