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.

MARS AND SATURN

The planet Saturn, with details could hardly see our eyes. You can see the Cassini Division separating the rings as well as details of its turbulent surface. Date: April 6, 2012. (Credit: Fernando Silva.)

The red planet is revealed in detail for the CCD camera Fernando Silva. The polluted skies over the city of Santiago de Chile are not an obstacle for the astrophotography captures the details of the Martian surface.

Using a telescope Celestron Nexstar 127 SLT, a Maksutov-Cassegrain with focal radius of 12, ideal for capturing planets and planetary camera of the same brand Reimage, Silva took videos of these objects with little exposure to then add several frames in register. 

The Trifid Nebula (M20, NGC 6514) and the open cluster M21.

 From the magnificent skies of the valleys of Coubertin, in the Observatory's Outdoor Corner the Chileans, the amateur Marcelo Caceres released its focal corrector with the Trifid Nebula (M20, NGC 6514) and the open cluster M21.

With simple equipment, a telescope Omni 150 and a computerized equatorial mount CG5, very well lined, fitted with a Canon EOS focal corrector took a picture of great beauty that left the audience amazed.

The Trifid nebula is a region rich in hydrogen gas where stars are being born, which ionize the gas in the vacuum of space making it highly incandescent. This is called an "H II region" and M20 is located in the Sagittarius Carina arm of our Milky Way, in the direction of Sagittarius. The bars which divide the cloud are dust-rich regions.