Venus and Mars, September 3, 2015

Venus is rapidly moving into the morning sky.  (This observer first saw Venus on the morning of August 27.)  On the morning of September 3, Venus appears about 9 degrees to the lower right of Mars.  Venus appears about 300 times brighter than the Red Planet.

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