Transit of Venus – Once in a Lifetime

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Venus will pass between the Earth and the Sun this evening, June 5th, starting about 6:05PM.  Venus will be visible on the face of the sun as a small dot moving slowly across the Sun.  This event happens about once every 100 years (next time is the year 2117).

Do NOT look directly at the sun.  You must use something like welders glass or some other VERY powerful light filter to observe this even with the naked eye or with binoculars or a telescope.  Attempting to photograph the event can destroy the sensor in your camera unless, here again, a very powerful light filter is used over the camera lens.

Read more here: http://www.transitofvenus.org.

How to safely watch the Transit of Venus: read more here.