Look up, stargazers at NCKU: Venus to trek across face of sun
Tainan, Taiwan, 4 June 2012
On Wednesday, June 6th, astronomy enthusiasts at Tainan can witness the Transit of Venus – one of the rarest astronomical events. The Department of Physics at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, will set up three 10-cm telescopes on that day from 11:30am to 01:00pm for observing the rare sighting of Venus slowly inching across the face of the sun which won’t happen again until 2117.
The so-called the last day of the thirteenth Baktun (13.0.0.0.0) in Mayan prophecy is not the end of the world but the upcoming transit of Venus on June 6, 2012, according to Dr. Jesús Galindo Trejo who has delivered a speech on the rare astronomical event at the annual meeting of Chinese Astronomical Society in Taiwan last week.
A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth, becoming visible against the solar disk. During a transit, Venus can be seen from Earth as a small black disk moving across the face of the Sun.
Venus will go pass between the earth and the sun and three of them will go exactly in a line so people on earth can see the dark silhouette of the sun above Venus on Earth, and then across the solar surface, according to Physics Department, NCKU.
On June 6th NCKU will set up signposts in Cheng-Kung Campus near University Road to direct people to the Observatory at Department of Physics. People interested in viewing this rare astronomical phenomena please feel free to come.
As in a solar eclipse, do not stare directly at the sun. Wear special protective glasses or go to NCKU where the telescope filters are used as safety precautions to enjoy the spectacle with a group of skywatchers.
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On Wednesday, June 6th, astronomy enthusiasts at Tainan can witness the Transit of Venus – one of the rarest astronomical events. The Department of Physics at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, will set up three 10-cm telescopes on that day from 11:30am to 01:00pm for observing the rare sighting of Venus slowly inching across the face of the sun which won’t happen again until 2117.
The so-called the last day of the thirteenth Baktun (13.0.0.0.0) in Mayan prophecy is not the end of the world but the upcoming transit of Venus on June 6, 2012, according to Dr. Jesús Galindo Trejo who has delivered a speech on the rare astronomical event at the annual meeting of Chinese Astronomical Society in Taiwan last week.
A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth, becoming visible against the solar disk. During a transit, Venus can be seen from Earth as a small black disk moving across the face of the Sun.
Venus will go pass between the earth and the sun and three of them will go exactly in a line so people on earth can see the dark silhouette of the sun above Venus on Earth, and then across the solar surface, according to Physics Department, NCKU.
On June 6th NCKU will set up signposts in Cheng-Kung Campus near University Road to direct people to the Observatory at Department of Physics. People interested in viewing this rare astronomical phenomena please feel free to come.
As in a solar eclipse, do not stare directly at the sun. Wear special protective glasses or go to NCKU where the telescope filters are used as safety precautions to enjoy the spectacle with a group of skywatchers.
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