For those who don't want to go to Foothill, the San Jose Astronomical
Assn - http://www.sjaa.net/ - is also hosting a viewing event at Houge
Park - http://www.sjaa.net/directions.shtml
They are setting up at 2:30pm. And the sun should be relatively easy to
see until 1/2 hour before sunset. Which means we might be able to see
the whole thing. Hopefully they will have a good number of scopes
available.
I am planning to be there, if the sky is clear.
But where ever you go, this is a do not miss it opportunity.
Keep Looking Up.
Lisa
On 6/4/2012 2:41 AM, Mike wrote:
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 5^th 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
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