Stephen James O'Meara's secret sky: Venus and the South
May 2007: Venus' brightness will allow observers to view the planet.
Contributed by Stephen James O'Meara
Published:
May 1, 2007
| Last month, I wrote about how Walt Whitman's poem, When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd, compared President Abraham Lincoln and his last days to Venus. But did you know Lincoln spotted Venus in broad daylight — without optical aid — shortly before his death? |
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