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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 4346258, member: 57463&quot;]In 10 days, it will reach maximum apparent brightness, though only about a quarter of it is lit up by the Sun. It is hard to miss in the west in the afternoon, evening, and night. I just went out with my two telescopes in nominal daylight and spotted it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, I have no Venus coins...&nbsp; The closest I have is a Uranopolis with Aphrodite.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1100618[/ATTACH]</p><p>c 300 BCE AE 17 mm. 2.5 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that we commonly associate Aphrodite with Venus. However, that was not the name of the planet to the Greeks. (Mercury was Stilbon=&quot;sparkler&quot; and Mars was &quot;Pyrois&quot; = burner, and so on. Venus had several names because the evening star and morning star were considered different. Phosphoros=bringer of light, for example, i.e., the morning star). But enough about me and what we do not have.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone got a Venus?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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