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Venus South Pole
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- η1 Doradus can be considered the south pole star of Venus, as it is the closest bright star to Venus's south celestial pole.
According to this source:
- "Report on the IAU/IAG Working Group on cartographic coordinates and rotational elements of the planets and satellites". International Astronomical Union. 2000. Retrieved 12 April 2007.
the Venusian north pole is at RA 272.76, DEC 67.16; the south pole then would be at RA 92.76, DEC −67.16. The RA converts to 06h 02m 46s and the DEC to −67° 09′ 36″. Eyeballing it, the closest bright star to those coordinates may instead be Nu Doradus at RA 06h 08m 44s, Dec. −68° 50′ 36″.
At any rate it needs a proper reference before being re-introduced. Praemonitus (talk) 22:27, 29 August 2019 (UTC)