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Transit Of Venus

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Will Clouds Hide the Transit of Venus 2012 in Cleveland?

We talked to the National Weather Service to find out your best bet for seeing the once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event

Monday we told you about the Transit of Venus, an astronomical event that will happen tonight and not again in our lifetime. Today, the clouds came. And they've persisted. But will they keep us from seeing Venus pass in front of the sun? Maybe, said National Weather Service meteorologist John Mayers. "The cloud cover is pretty extensive," he said, adding that the deck Northeast Ohio is under stretches from Indiana to Pennsylvania.  "And there's no indication that what's causing the clouds will move." But, he added, there are some breaks along the Lake Erie shoreline. Edgewater Park, where area astronimical groups will gather to help the public watch it safely — for free — with their telescopes and goggles, might be the best place in …

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TUESDAY: Watch Transit of Venus in Cleveland, Fishcreek Elementary School (in Stow Patch), and Once-in-a-Lifetime View of Venus in Transit Tuesday (in Fairlawn-Bath Patch)

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Nikki Ferrell

5:49 pm on Wednesday, June 6, 2012

I went to Edgewater and it wasn't so cloudy at all! We could see it for most of the time, and we even saw a sundog when it got close to sunset.   more ›

Monday, June 4, 2012

TUESDAY: Watch Transit of Venus in Cleveland

Cuyahoga Astronomical Association, Cleveland State University, others will host free event at Edgewater Park

A little after 6 p.m. on Tuesday, we will have an opportunity to witness one of the rarest predictable celestial events: a transit of Venus, and a festival at Edgewater Park will allow you to witness it for free. The Transit of Venus Often referred to as the "Evening Star" or "Morning Star," Venus is the brightest natural object in our sky after the Sun and the Moon. As the second planet from the Sun, it's closer to the Sun than the Earth is.  A "transit" of Venus occurs when Venus passes between us and the Sun in such a way that we can see Venus's silhouette backlit by the Sun's brilliant light. It last happened in 2004, but it won't happen again until 2117. Unless you plan to shatter some human longevity records, this is probably your …

Ruth

6:27 pm on Tuesday, June 5, 2012

So I am missing out on seeing this wonder. But the radio said a good time would be at 8:55 at sunset. And how many people look at sunsets every evening without protective eye gear? That has me puzzled.   more ›

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