Venus rapidly drops lower in the west in May, heading toward inferior conjunction on June 5.
As it passes between Earth and the Sun this time Venus will actually transit across the face of the Sun, in one of the rarest of astronomical events, visible from across north America.
As it passes between Earth and the Sun this time Venus will actually transit across the face of the Sun, in one of the rarest of astronomical events, visible from across north America.
Where Venus will be 2011-2011 click here to find out!
We had cloudy skies, of course, but they broke just long enough for me to break out the telescope, throw on the sun filter, and take a good look at crossing the sun.