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On June 5 and 6, 2012 the planet Venus will pass in front of the Sun for the last time this century. Millions around the world will witness this rare astronomical phenomenon.
This website is entirely devoted to the transit of Venus: its history, where and when you should watch it and what you can do to get involved in the observation. Learn more...
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What to do in the last days or hours while waiting the transit? And soon after it? Here is a suggestion that can make the transit thrill longer. Most planet observers that have observed Venus a few days from inferior … Continue reading
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This is a little late, but I still want to draw some attention to a good article about the transit of Venus in the German magazine for practical astronomy Interstellarum. In its August/September issue it ran an in-depth article by … Continue reading
Transits and exoplanets were among the myriad of interesting topics this week at the American Astronomical Society conference in Austin, TX. Four perspectives on the transit of Venus opened the dialogue on Sunday, January 8, under the auspices of the … Continue reading
Under a suffocating blanket of sulfuric acid clouds, the weather on Venus is extreme and monotonous: 800 degrees Fahrenheit, a crushing atmosphere more than 90 times the pressure of Earth’s with negligible seasonal effects. Higher up, however, the weather gets … Continue reading
When Venus is crossing the Sun’s limb, at the beginning or the end of the transit, one can often see the entire outline of its small, black disk, when a thin arc of light encircles the portion of the planet … Continue reading
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