Rare Event
Venus Transit 6/5/12
LMi.net/ACR/Hieronymus Press Astronomy Hour
LMi.net owner Gary Morrell set up his telescope outside of our office, on the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Virginia Street this afternoon in Berkeley, CA. He and Hieronymus Press owner, David Goines answered a myriad of astronomy questions as community members stopped by to get a glimpse of Venus’ transit across the Sun. The picture above was taken through the viewfinder of Gary’s scope (light disc is the Sun, black dot is Venus and lighter marks are sunspots). The next Venus Transit will occur in 105 years!
.
