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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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In only seven weeks time the last transit of Venus of this century will be over. Are you still looking for a unique place to watch the transit? Here’s our top three! From each location you can see the entire … Continue reading
As I’m sitting at Boston airport, hoping to be able to get out before a snow storm is going to hit Massachusetts, I’m thinking of Jesuit priest Maximilian Hell who exactly 243 years ago, at the end of October, was … Continue reading
Jesuit Father Maximilian Hell left his home town Vienna about a year before the 1769 transit of Venus, in company of his assistant Father Johann Sajnovics. In October 1768 they arrived at the northern Norwegian village Vardø, which by then … Continue reading
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