Your Guide to the Transit of Venus
If you miss the transit of Venus on Wednesday, you’ll have to wait another 105 years until December 2117 for another chance to witness one of the rarest and most famous events in astronomy.
If your on Australia’s east coast you’ll have the best seat in the world for the show. It all begins at 0816 in the morning and will continue for about six and a half hours, finishing at about 1445 in the afternoon.
This week’s StarStuff has a huge feature on it which you can hear on the best ABC radio stations in Australia, on Science360Radio in the United States or on line at…
http://www.abc.net.au/science/audio/2012/05/30/3514118.htm
I’ve also put together an ask an expert feature for radio.
There’s an on line version too at…
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/05/25/3510139.htm
(via mad-variables)
For anyone in the Brisbane area, be sure to head to the University of Queensland for a viewing!