Venus Transit 2012—Sun Show Will Be Last for a Century This evening and tomorrow sky-watchers will see Venus glide across, or transit, the sun's face—the last chance until 2117. Venus transit stuns sky gazers, astronomers across India Guwahati/Hyderabad/Lucknow/Naintal, June 6 (ANI): The rare astronomical event of Planet Venus passing directly between the Sun and Earth, the century's last transit, stunned sky gazers and astronomers across India on Wednesday. Venus Transit 2012: Amazing Photos by Skywatchers See photos of the 2012 Venus transit sent in by skywatchers from around the world. Transit of Venus draws a crowd at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute In the quest to watch the rare event called the transit of Venus, sky-watchers of other eras have often been foiled by clouds. At the Franklin Institute on Tuesday evening, the persistent clouds simply meant switching to Plan B: the Internet.A sellout crowd gazed at the enormous screen in the Fels Planetarium, watching a live feed of Venus as it slowly traveled in front of the sun — an ... Transit of Venus highlights age of wondrous scientific activity Tonight, Tuesday, June 5, as the sun set on the East Coast, the planet Venus began its "transit" across the face of the sun. Pay close attention: Barring a miracle of future medicine, this is your only chance to witness such a crossing. The next one will take place in 2117. Transit of Venus Explained: The Stages of Today's Rare Sun Crossing Today's historic Venus transit is a marathon event lasting nearly seven hours, but skywatchers who don't have that kind of time can break it down into a handful of key milestones. Venus transit: Last chance to see sun spectacle before sunset The last chance in the continental United States to see the Transit of Venus was arriving, as the sun dipped closer to sunset on the West Coast. In Los Angeles, the show ends at sunset at 8:02 p.m. but continues... Venus Transit begins at 3:06 p.m. PDT -- how to view it The long awaited Transit of Venus is here, beginning just after 3 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time and you don't have special solar glasses to view the rare planetary alignment. What are you to do? Transit of Venus Begins! Venus Crosses the Sun for Last Time this Century NEW YORK — It's finally here! The historic transit of Venus, the skywatching event of the year, has begun. Transit of Venus draws millions to the sky From the U.S. to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. The next one won't be for another 105 years.
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