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Tonight!!!! Will not happen for another 105 years!!!

on June 5, 2012

Tonight beginning at 6:09pm is the Transit of Venus.

 

Hopefully the weather will cooperate because this will not happen again for another 105 years!! For anyone interested Stony Brook University is holding a public viewing.

Click here for link!

 

What is the Transit of Venus?

When Venus passes directly between earth and the sun, we see the distant planet as a small dot gliding slowly across the face of the sun.  Historically, this rare alignment is how we measured the size of our solar system.  The view is like a front row seat to the transit method, by which we now find planets around distant stars. 

 Click here to watch it live!!!

 


2 Responses to “Tonight!!!! Will not happen for another 105 years!!!”

  1. Alexandra says:

    Dear Mrs. Spata,

    I just wanted to know if my mom could come in for the end of the year tie dye event on June 12. I know my mom has already came in for the Native American event, but whoever else volunteers that hasn’t gone, you can pick them.If nobody else can make it, then my mom is available. Thanks!

  2. Alexandra says:

    Sorry! I ment June 19! 🙂

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