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Basic Observational Astronomy Course Part I
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Basic Observational Astronomy Course Part II
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May 28, 2012, 3:15PM: Moon at first quarter
June 05, 2012, 4:00PM: Transit of Venus
On June 5, 2012, Venus will cross the solar disc as seen from Earth, and it won’t happen again until 2117. Don’t miss your chance to see it—join HAS in Bear Creek Park!
Start time: 4:00 PM with introduction
Transit: begins at 5:05 PM (but you should be in place early to see the beginning)
Sunset: 8:20 PM – transit in progress at sunset
Bring your telescope and a solar filter. There is still time to buy a solar filter. You can also find easy instructions online for making a safe filter.
If you don’t have a telescope, come anyway and look through someone else’s.
Many great astronomers in history never saw this...
- Johannes Kepler made the first prediction of it in 1627, but he didn’t live to see it in 1639.
- Sir Edmund Halley predicted the next one in 1761, but he didn’t live to see it.
- Captain James Cook traveled to Tahiti to observe it in 1769.
- The last one happened in 2004, but you had to be in Asia to see that one.
- YOU can see this one right here in Houston!
- The next pair won’t happen until 2117 and 2125, and you may not be around for those.