Tips on how to safely watch the transit of Venus on June 8, 2012

Jacie Estes

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Yes, it's true. You can damage your eyes by staring at the sun. People need to remember that as they turn to the skies to watch the silhouette of Venus march across the face of the sun on Tuesday from the Western Hemisphere (Wednesday from the Eastern Hemisphere). Known as a transit of Venus, this won't happen again until 2117.

There are a few ways to protect yourself:


http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/ti...cle_37842c6e-dcbf-5707-9486-15c7bf7f26c4.html
 
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The last transit of Venus in our lifetime - catch it live on Slooh from multiple feeds worldwide at t-minus zero - FREE to the public. Patrick Paolucci and Bob Berman will helm the 8 hour broadcast alongside many guests, including scientists, filmmakers, researchers, and astronomers.


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The transit is today, not the 8th, our local paper got the date wrong.


Great video about transit:

[video=youtube;-nXv9YvkNyA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nXv9YvkNyA&feature=player_embedded[/video]
 
Link to view transit:

[video=youtube;5umWuDy6jIc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5umWuDy6jIc&feature=player_embedded[/video]
 
The next time we can see this transit is 2117. :D
 
University of New Mexico has best view now. At this link, in the globe, are the different views. Scroll over to the UNM site and look on the upper left. pretty cool

http://events.slooh.com/
 
I just saw something about this on the news. That video looks like somebody put a big piece of hail in front of the camera.
 
I just saw something about this on the news. That video looks like somebody put a big piece of hail in front of the camera.

Did you miss this post? at Slooh.com, the transit will be followed all over the world. :)

University of New Mexico has best view now. At this link, in the globe, are the different views. Scroll over to the UNM site and look on the upper left. pretty cool

http://events.slooh.com/
 

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