Comments on: Transit of Venus on June 5th, 2012 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/astronomy/transit-of-venus-on-june-5th-2012/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:57:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Geneviève de Messières http://blog.nasm.si.edu/astronomy/transit-of-venus-on-june-5th-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-61401 Geneviève de Messières Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:18:43 +0000 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/?p=4500#comment-61401 More information about observing the transit of Venus tonight at the Air and Space Museum, if the weather is clear:

http://airandspace.si.edu/events/eventDetail.cfm?eventID=4027

Other events happening at the Museum tonight, cloudy or clear, are described on the Observatory website: http://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/popobservatory.cfm

]]> By: Ryan http://blog.nasm.si.edu/astronomy/transit-of-venus-on-june-5th-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-59141 Ryan Thu, 24 May 2012 18:14:44 +0000 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/?p=4500#comment-59141 As long as we are dropping names, another premier solar astronomer, Professor Jay Pasachoff of Williams College in Massachusetts, and chair of the International Astronomical Union’s Working Group on Eclipses will be at Haleakala for the transit.

]]> By: Tom http://blog.nasm.si.edu/astronomy/transit-of-venus-on-june-5th-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-58491 Tom Mon, 21 May 2012 17:13:49 +0000 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/?p=4500#comment-58491 One of the premier Solar Astronomers, Stephen Ramsden, founder of the “Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project” will also be on the Summit of Mauna Kea for the transit. He is from Georgia and is a member of the Flint River Astronomy Club.

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