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Venus is seen here in central Pisces near the point where it begins its retrograde loop, on this evening 7°05'48" north of the ecliptic.  It is almost at its brightest point during this apparition, shining at magnitude -4.54 and is 49.8" in diameter.  Mars and Uranus are off of the top edge of this image.  Unannotated image, Ecliptic Labeled