re: ISS and Venus
I know what you mean about ISS as bright as Venus but in reality it isn’t near as bright, but sometimes when ISS clears the trees or my house it sure looks as bright as Venus. Kind of like when the moon is low on the horizon and looks bigger than it really is.
Next month on the 6th ISS and Venus will give me a great opportunity to compare the two. I haven’t decided how to observer the two yet but it should be great either way.
Check out the view of ISS for my area.
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