Night Sky Research Paper

Look westward at dusk, and nightfall to view the brightest and second-brightest heavenly bodies to adorn the nighttime sky, the moon and dazzling planet Venus.

Unlike the stars, these worlds don’t shine by their own light but by reflecting the light of the sun.

Carefully scan the nighttime side of the moon with either the unaided eye or binoculars to see the moon’s dark side softly illuminated by earthshine. Earthshine is actually twice-reflected sunlight, of sunlight reflected from Earth to the moon, then from the moon back to Earth.If you could look down upon the solar system from the north side of the solar system plane, you’d see all the solar system planets revolving around the sun in a counterclockwise direction. Venus stands as a major