Observing planets in the daytime

wrote:
Is it possible with a telescope to make observations of planets in the
daytime, assuming they're not too close in the sky to the sun?

Yes, but the contrast and signal-to-noise are much lower than at
night.

As someone else mentioned, it's possible to see Venus in the daytime
with the naked eye if you know exactly where to look.

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