A really thin crescent Venus has been on a bucket list for a while, and after weeks of terrible astro weather, it cleared up for this one just a week before conjunction. It was less than 12deg from the Sun before sunset, a big thin arc only 2% illuminated. I had to make sure the scope did not point towards the Sun 😬 I can trace the 'horns' of the crescent round over 200 degrees of the darkened circle of the planet. Awe-inspiring in the eyepiece too.
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