Girl looking at the shining Venus through binoculars. – Photo: Amar Ujala Digital Expansion Along with the Strawberry Moon in the eastern sky, it shines in the western sky and attracts the attention of common people. The attractive Venus was at a special point in its orbit today. When this planet, which looked completely bright to the eyes, was seen through a telescope, it was shining half. National Award winning science broadcaster Sarika Gharu organized Vidyavigyan program to explain the astronomy of this event. Sarika told that Venus, the second planet from the Sun, while orbiting itself, was in that position today, when it was facing away from the Sun. The angular distance was highest for 2023. This is called Venus at Greatest Elongation East. Today, for this reason, the entire percent part of Venus was visible from the earth shining with sunlight. In astronomy it is called Venus et dichotomy. Both these incidents happened simultaneously. Venus was shining with a magnitude of minus 4.3 while staying at 12 degree altitude from the horizon. Sarika told that Venus usually appears to shine when seen, but its 42 Only less than a percent of the part is visible. When viewed with the naked eye, it appears as if the entire disc is glowing. Now its brightness will increase further and on July 9 it will look the brightest. Sarika told that the next occurrence of Venus at Dichotomy in the evening January 2025. ,