OT: Transit of Venus, 2012

[Richard Kreiss]

Will filePro be here then?

Richard
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On Jun 5, 2012, at 11:31 AM, Kenneth Brody <kenbrody at spamcop.net> wrote:

> Yes, I'm a geek.  Then again, so are most of the readers of this list.  :-)
> 
> For those of you not in South America or western Africa, there will be a 
> transit of Venus (where Venus passes between the Earth and the Sun) today, 
> starting around 2200UTC (6PM EDT).  This will not happen again until the 
> year 2117, so if you're interested in this sort of thing, it's probably the 
> last chance you'll get in your lifetime.  (It only happens twice [8 years 
> apart] every 113 years.)
> 
> Unfortunately, the forecast here is clouds, clouds, and more clouds.
> 
> A map of where it's visible:
> 
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/VenusTransit2012-Map-2.gif/1024px-VenusTransit2012-Map-2.gif
> 
> More information:
> 
> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/05/30/everything-you-need-to-know-about-next-weeks-transit-of-venus/
> 
> -- 
> Kenneth Brody
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