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[Centaur]

Venus is reentering our western sky as the brilliant evening star. For my graphics and detailed description of its 2013 evening apparition, please visit my Venus webpage: www.CurtRenz.com/venus

Photos and descriptions of Venus would be welcome additions to this thread.

[Paulie pchris00]

I'm disappointed.

www.curtrenz.com/mercury07.html

I looked at the graph above earlier this year for Mercury, but I didn't pay attention to Venus. After being nice and high along the late winter and spring ecliptic in 2012, this year Venus never gets very high. Once it reaches about 10 degrees above the horizon 30 minutes after sunset, it pretty much stays there until October, and maxes out at 17 degrees high 30 minutes after sunset in December. *sigh*

Even in mid-May last year, knowing full well that Venus had a transit date June 5, it was riding high after sunset. This will be the most disappointing evening apparition of Venus I can remember. (Not that that is saying all that much).

www.curtrenz.com/venus01.html

[Centaur]

Apr 25, 2013 17:05:24 GMT -6 Paulie pchris00 said:

This will be the most disappointing evening apparition of Venus I can remember. (Not that that is saying all that much).

I'll try harder next time.

For what it's worth, this is essentially a repeat of the 2005 evening apparition of Venus.

[Paulie pchris00]

LMAO!

I wasn't blaming you.

In 2005 I was watching the White Sox, not the sky. So it's new to me. In fact, anything that reminds me of that wonderful year of two championship baseball teams (the Gary Railcats won the Northern League Championship Series) is a great thing. I'm suddenly impressed with this apparition of Venus.

[Centaur]

Apr 25, 2013 17:27:29 GMT -6 Paulie pchris00 said:

In fact, anything that reminds me of that wonderful year...is a great thing.

Well I certainly won’t promise that all history will repeat this year, but there is one plus for this Venus apparition. Here in the early spring each day Venus ascends further into the evening sky more rapidly than is the usual case following a superior conjunction.

[Paulie pchris00]

I finally got my first look at Venus for this apparition last night. I will post pictures as soon as I can.