Johnson, Gaylord · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 154
Hesperus, butthey finally found out that they were both Venus,They discovered, you see, that Venus simply passedin front of or behind the sun when she stoppedbeing an evening star, and appeared on the otherside of the sun as a morning star. These little draw-ings will help you see how this happens.… … ^oNSfcT EARTH sufiffi^g 140 THE SKY MOVIES When Venus is at the left of the dotted Hne join-ing the earth and the sun, she is seen in the West atsunset as an evening star. When approachinginferior conjunction she is very bright and showsa crescent through a telescope like this:
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