This chart shows the times of "contact" between Venus and the sun during the transit of Venus for major cities on June 5, 2012. This example of the tool at transitofvenus.nl, is set for observing ...
Skywatcher Matt Molloy took this image on June 5, 2012 from Ontario, Canada. Giuseppe Petricca sent in this photo of the June 5, 2012, Venus transit taken in Pisa, Italy. He writes: "The last days ...
A transit is the crossing of a planet or any star in front of the Sun. Mercury and Venus are the only planets of the solar system that can make transits, because they are closer to the Sun than the ...