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Venus

Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows. Because Venus is an inferior planet from Earth, it never appears to venture far from the Sun: its elongation reaches a maximum of 47.8°. Venus reaches its maximum brightness shortly before sunrise or shortly after sunset, for which reason it has been known as the Morning Star or Evening Star.

Venus is classified as a terrestrial planet and it is sometimes called Earth's "sister planet" owing to their similar size, gravity, and bulk composition. Venus is covered with an opaque layer of highly reflective clouds of sulfuric acid, preventing its surface from being seen from space in visible light. Venus has the most dense atmosphere of all the terrestrial planets in the Solar System, consisting of mostly carbon dioxide. The atmospheric pressure at the planet's surface is 92 times that of the Earth. Venus has no carbon cycle to lock carbon back into rocks and surface features, nor does it seem to have any organic life to absorb it in biomass. Venus is believed to have previously possessed oceans, but these evaporated as the temperature rose owing to the runaway greenhouse effect. The water has most probably photodissociated, and, because of the lack of a planetary magnetic field, the free hydrogen has been swept into interplanetary space by the solar wind. Venus's surface is a dry desertscape with many slab-like rocks, periodically refreshed by volcanism.

Below are images of Venus as it transits in front of the Sun on June 6, 2012.

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Venus Taken on June 6, 2012
Single 1/100 exposure
ISO 100
Orion AstroView EQ120
Un-modified Canon RebelXT 350D
Manually Focused







All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2012 – Antonio Pascarella
Venus Taken on June 6, 2012
Single 1/100 exposure
ISO 100
Orion AstroView EQ120
Un-modified Canon RebelXT 350D
Manually Focused







All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2012 – Antonio Pascarella
Venus Taken on June 6, 2012
Single 1/100 exposure
ISO 100
Orion AstroView EQ120
Un-modified Canon RebelXT 350D
Manually Focused







All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2012 – Antonio Pascarella
Venus Taken on June 6, 2012
Single 1/100 exposure
ISO 100
Orion AstroView EQ120
Un-modified Canon RebelXT 350D
Manually Focused







All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2012 – Antonio Pascarella

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