EarthSky News - Oct 24 - Have You Seen Venus?

October 24 Have You Seen Venus?

Tonight … Watch for Venus after sunset It's very bright and beginning to climb out of the sunset glare. Today in science: 1st photo from space Seventy years ago today, a movie camera on board a V-2 rocket captured the first-ever outer space photo of Earth. How many genes to make a person? Answer: fewer than are in a banana. This answer has implications for the study of human health and raises questions about what generates complexity. What is an astronomical unit? Astronomers use them to describe solar system distances. Definition here. Also, mean distances to prominent solar system objects. Be on the lookout for a 2017 EarthSky Lunar Calendar pre-sale... This week, we'll start taking pre-orders for our popular lunar calendar for 2017. Check this daily newsletter or our store at http://earthskystore.org for updates.

Today's image Have you seen Venus? Don't let these beautiful crepuscular rays blind you to the little dot that is Venus, near the top of this photo by Peter Lowenstein. See another beautiful photo of Venus inside this post.

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