A unique astronomical phenomenon in the sky of the Arab world seen by eye



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The Saudi Astronomical Society has announced that it has observed a unique astronomical phenomenon in the skies of the Arab world that will appear during the month of November and can be seen with the naked eye.

Majid Abu Zahra, president of the Company in Jeddah, confirmed that Venus, the brightest dome planet, in the skies of Saudi Arabia and the Arab world, has been observed before sunrise throughout of this month.

Abu Zahra pointed out that Venus can be seen with the naked eye as a bright white point of light, and when viewed through a medium telescope, it is noticed that the size of its apparent disc decreases while increasing its brightness. Where it appears in the humpback phase, illuminated by sunlight (81%) at present. According to Sputnik.

He pointed out that Venus passed from the evening sky to the dawn sky on June 3, 2020, in a phenomenon called internal conjunction, and this happens once every (584 days), and after that she arrived on July 10, 2020 for its maximum brightness in the dawn sky. In the so-called (the greatest amount of lighting); Where it was the brightest time (30) for the Star of Sirius.

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