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Old 14-January-2003, 09:01 PM
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Could Venus have shown in any of the Lunar surface photos?

It's now 10:07am and I was looking at Venus about 20 minutes ago, high in our northern sky, where it is easy to see with the naked eye. This means it can be photographed with an exposure suitable for sunlight.

I've found figures for it as follows --
Apollo 11: Mag -4.1 43 degrees west of Sun
Apollo 12: Mag -3.9 16 degrees west of Sun
Apollo 14: Mag -4.3 46 degrees west of Sun
Apollo 15: Mag -3.9 7 degrees west of Sun
Apollo 16: Mag -4.4 45 degrees east of Sun
Apollo 17: Mag -4.0 28 degrees west of Sun

Haven't worked out yet whether these mean it was visible from the landing sites.

Has anyone done any research on this?


[Fixed typo.]

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