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Sunday, June 3, 2012

The planet Venus will pass in front of the Sun


The planet Venus will pass in front of the Sun, in a unique show that will be watched by millions of people from almost all the Earth (between 22:09:30 hours June 5 and 4:49:35 pm of June 6), with the exception of some countries like Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, the Guiana’s and most of Brazil, as well as Spain, Portugal and some African countries.
It is an event not to be repeated during the life of anyone on Earth, as the next transit of Venus will occur in 2117.Required to observe a telescope or binoculars at least, as the shadow of Venus is too small to be observed with the naked eye. This is a serious danger, and to observe the Sun with a telescope can cause severe eye damage, so it is recommended telescopes equipped with special filters, spraying or, safer still: follow the internet.

In South America you can see part of the evening traffic from Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.
From Central America and North America will also be visible at sunset, as the letter shown above. Deed Europe, Middle East and half of Africa and Australia can see it at dawn, while from Alaska, from Canada, Asia, the Philippines and parts of Australia and Oceania will see all traffic.
But there is one consolation, traffic will be broadcast live by several institutions such as the Columbus State University's Coca-Cola Space Science Center of Georgia, United States, who will join NASA to display the event everyone safely

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