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To: nickcarraway

And on June 5th, Venus will transit the Sun. You can observe it if you have a telescope fitted with a solar filter.

More info here:
http://www.transitofvenus.org/

http://www.space.com/14173-venus-transit-sun-2012-aas219.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_of_Venus,_2012

Actual pics from the 2004 Venus Sun transit:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=slv8-tyc8&va=venus+transit


7 posted on 04/29/2012 12:01:29 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: ETL

“And on June 5th, Venus will transit the Sun. You can observe it if you have a telescope fitted with a solar filter.”

This is very rare, and this is the last one anyone reading this is probably going to have an opportunity to see.


12 posted on 04/29/2012 5:11:12 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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