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    THE PLANETS

    Oct 21, 2021 3 minutes

    Venus

    Best time to see: 30 November, from 16:30 UT

    Altitude: 10°

    Location: Sagittarius

    Direction: South-southwest

    Features: Phase, subtle atmospheric shadings

    Recommended equipment: 75mm or larger

    Venus is an evening object, suffering from being in a southern ecliptic part of the sky. In fact, it’s currently in Sagittarius, the most southerly of the Zodiacal constellations, and this keeps its altitude low as seen from the UK. Despite this, at mag. –4.7 Venus is intensely bright and as long as

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