@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.socialHave a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹
"The fourth star is that of Venus, Lucifer by name. Some say it is Juno's. In many tales it is recorded that it is called Hesperus, too. It seems to be the largest of all stars."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Astronomica 2.4
🏛 Detail of #Venus in the Planetarium mosaic
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@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzOblivious to the idiocy on this planet tonight the cosmic clockwork just marches on ... here is the #Moon / #Venus #conjunction right now over Bochum, Germany; see https://www.facebook.com/dan.fischer.393/posts/pfbid0eWPo5yt1RFqzGPmYfskv6kiBGHP2A1PT8rR1rcZA14orAR6DyqZLCjorYoynJhiUl for more views.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.socialHave a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹
"Pasiphaë, daughter of Sol and wife of Minos, for several years did not make offerings to the goddess #Venus. Because of this Venus inspired in her an unnatural love for a bull."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 40
🏛 Campana plaque, 50 BCE - 50 CE
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@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzThe #Jupiter / #Venus / #Mercury chain this morning from #Schalkenmehren in the #VolcanicEifel (Germany) - the latter planet was quite obvious after it had finally cleared a treeline and obnoxious clouds. Those blocked - except for one second when I spotted it in binoculars! - the view of the super-slender crescent Moon below Mercury: https://bsky.app/profile/aboveeg.bsky.social/post/3lwxqrph7ls2h / https://bsky.app/profile/aboveeg.bsky.social/post/3lwxs6taups2h (from Sussex, U.K.), https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=9618504291586069 (from Italy) and https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1180265054140973 (from the UAE, after sunrise) show the situation.
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzMoments ago #Jupiter and #Venus in closest #conjunction rising near Friedrichshafen, Germany - the brightness of the sky and illumination of the landscape are entirely from moonlight.
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzTemporal variation in the cloud-top temperature of #Venus revealed by meteorological satellites: https://earth-planets-space.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40623-025-02223-8 -> Meteorological satellites observe temperatures on Venus: https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/press/z0508_00415.html - the forecast is bright for future, long-term multiband monitoring of planets.
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzThe European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer #JUICE is on track for its gravity-assist flyby at #Venus on 31 August, following the successful resolution of a spacecraft communication #anomaly that temporarily severed contact with Earth: https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Juice_team_resolves_anomaly_on_approach_to_Venus
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzToday (19 September) there will be an #occultation of #Venus by the lunar crescent - in Germany in broad daylight and only 27° from the Sun, so it will be tough to observe: hints and links in #ag2025goerlitz ends just a few hours earlier).
