Comments on: Is planet Venus visible in the mornings these days? https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/14/is-planet-venus-visible-in-the-mornings-these-days/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:17:27 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/14/is-planet-venus-visible-in-the-mornings-these-days/#comment-26758 ER Sat, 14 Sep 2013 23:35:19 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=37783#comment-26758 but it behaves like an out of focus star image. The strobe like behavior is on the same time scale as scintillation, or twinkling. I have no idea what the conditions, equipment, or geometry of the sighting was, but if I had to guess, I would say it was a star or reflection, perhaps even a glint off a raindrop on the lens.. Of course, the questions that should have been asked, how long was it visible, did it move, etc, never came up, so it is impossible to make any judgements. but it behaves like an out of focus star image. The strobe like behavior is on the same time scale as scintillation, or twinkling. I have no idea what the conditions, equipment, or geometry of the sighting was, but if I had to guess, I would say it was a star or reflection, perhaps even a glint off a raindrop on the lens..

Of course, the questions that should have been asked, how long was it visible, did it move, etc, never came up, so it is impossible to make any judgements.

]]> By: johannes https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/14/is-planet-venus-visible-in-the-mornings-these-days/#comment-26757 johannes Sat, 14 Sep 2013 22:36:48 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=37783#comment-26757 Interesting refraction from the optics though. Someone should demonstrate how the optics transform the round light source into a triangle shape. Interesting refraction from the optics though.
Someone should demonstrate how the optics transform the round light source into a triangle shape.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/14/is-planet-venus-visible-in-the-mornings-these-days/#comment-26751 ER Sat, 14 Sep 2013 19:30:35 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=37783#comment-26751 Jupiter is the morning star in the east before sunrise. Jupiter is the morning star in the east before sunrise.

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