The Transit of Venus

Tomorrow will be a special day in the annals of Astronomy. It will be the last Transit of Venus until the year 2117. In case some of you out there reading this post are like me and not good with numbers, that is 105 years from now. I will be long dead, probably resting comfortably, grinning as skeletons do in some forgotten corner of an old cemetery. You, who read this, unless you are real young wil also have given up your mortal cares for that eternal state in which we all must pass. So...If you want to see Venus pass across the solar disk, June 05, 2012 will be your last opportunity. Captain James Cook observed the Transit of Venus in 1769 from Tahiti. since that Transit there have only been three more; in 1874, 1882 and 2004. For a brief history of the Transit of Venus I have posted an article on my website written by my twin brother Jay. To read it go here: http://www.fireballhistory.com/TRANSIT-OF-VENUS.html

Hopefully the sky will be cloudless!

                                         Postage Stamp Commemorating the 1769 Transit of Venus