@martinvermeer I'm not very familiar with the stars and planets in the sky, or at least where and when they show up, but I have this vague feeling that it's often Venus on these skies?
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@sinituulia In the general neighbourhood of the Sun, i.e., morning or evening twilight, that is likely. Especially if the sky is so bright that you cannot see any fixed stars.
In this case (I checked) Venus was in her orbit almost behind the Sun and not very bright. In a telescope she would look almost full but small, because of the distance.
In the weeks following this, she vanished behind the Sun and then re-appeared as the 'evening star'.
@sinituulia Venus is such a rewarding object, even in a small telescope, or even in binoculars, provided they are on a tripod. Around 'brightest shine', close to eastern or western elongation, she shows as a Moon-like crescent, just like Galileo described her - a spherical world orbiting the Sun, dark but illuminated by the Sun. It never gets old.
@sinituulia The picture from the astronomy book of my father, and of my childhood.
@martinvermeer There's so many interesting things out there and only so much time and brain!
