Hi Doves,
For Fair
Use and Discussion Purposes
A VERY RARE
Thing Will Happen June 5th 2012
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June 5:
Rare transit of Venus across the sun
The passage of Venus in front of the sun is among the
rarest of astronomical events, rarer even than the return
of Halley's Comet every 76 years. Only six transits of
Venus are known to have been observed by humans before: in
1639, 1761, 1769, 1874, 1882 and, most recently, in 2004.
The next one will occur in the year 2114. When Venus is in
transit across the solar disk, the planet appears as a
distinct, albeit tiny, round black spot with a diameter
just 1/32nd of the sun. This size is large enough to
readily perceive with the naked eye. HOWEVER ...
prospective observers are warned to take special
precautions (as with a solar eclipse) when attempting to
view the silhouette of Venus against the blindingly
brilliant solar disc.
The beginning of the transit will be visible from all of
North America, Greenland, extreme northern and western
portions of South America, Hawaii, northern and eastern
portions of Asia including Japan, New Guinea, northern and
eastern portions of Australia, and New Zealand. The end
will be visible over Alaska, all of Asia and Indonesia,
Australia, Eastern Europe, the eastern third of Africa,
and the island nation of Madagascar.