Venus thin Crescent tonight?

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Venus thin Crescent tonight?

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I got a heads up from another forum that Venus is expected to be a thin crescent tonight...would make a very nice image although it was mentioned it would be difficult to find in singapore lights...
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Not to mention the rain!
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it was already a really slender crescent last week during the batu layar trip!
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Remus,

Did u manage to take an image on that??
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