This was on the KFJC staff list. Thought there might be interest here too. Here's the cut 'n' paste followed by the link.
Upcoming Events at Foothill College Observatory With the Annular Eclipse of the Sun now over, the next big celestial event on tap here in the Bay Area is the last-in-a-lifetime Venus Transit on Tuesday, June 5. This will be visible from Foothill Observatory provided the sky is clear, and PAS plans to open the observatory to the public for this very special event. Transit of Venus on June 5! The Venus Transit is indeed a rare event, and full of historical lore. Such transits come in pairs every 120 years, with the pair spaced 8 years apart. The first event of the current pair occurred 8 years ago and was not visible from California; hence, this final event is truly a once-in-a-lifetime event for Californians. Prominent astronomers in the past used Venus Transits as a means to measure the Astronomical Unit, a holy grail for astronomy in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries. Foothill Observatory will be open for public viewing of the transit on June 5th from 3:30pm until 7:00pm (the Sun will be too low and blocked by trees after that). Venus Transit Event Times: Event Time Ingress start 15:06:32 Ingress end 15:23:59 Transit center 18:26:59 Sunset 20:26 http://www.pastro.org/dnn/Observatory/FoothillObservatory.aspx __________________________________________________ No Jumbo Sized Cocktail Rats were harmed during the production of this motion picture. - disclaimer from Xena: Warrior Princess
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