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Astronomical Notes for April.—Venus is resplendent in the evening sky. It is at its greatest elongation, 46° east of the sun, on April 19, being then half-illuminated. The illuminated portion of the disc diminishes during April from 0.60 to 0.44; the stellar magnitude rises from -3.8 to -4.1. Jupiter is still observable for more than half the night, but its diameter is diminishing. On the evening of April 19 only two satellites are visible after 7.25 P.M., III being eclipsed and II occulted.
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Astronomical Topics. Nature 129, 513 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129513a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/129513a0