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Transit of Venus sets stargazers abuzz over once-in-a-lifetime event — here’s how to see itThe transit of Venus — a planetary spectacle that won’t occur again until 2117 — won’t be enough to significantly block the sun’s light but it will give Earth’s closest star a moving beauty mark.“In terms of rarity, to be here at a time when it’s happening, you almost have to look at it,” said Geoff Chester of the U.S. Naval Observatory, who saw the last transit in 2004. “It ain’t going to happen again in my lifetime.”

Transit of Venus sets stargazers abuzz over once-in-a-lifetime event — here’s how to see it
The transit of Venus — a planetary spectacle that won’t occur again until 2117 — won’t be enough to significantly block the sun’s light but it will give Earth’s closest star a moving beauty mark.

“In terms of rarity, to be here at a time when it’s happening, you almost have to look at it,” said Geoff Chester of the U.S. Naval Observatory, who saw the last transit in 2004. “It ain’t going to happen again in my lifetime.”

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    I’ve already made my pin-hole camera! Tho the image isn’t big enough right now; will have to find a way to fix it.
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    You must see it!
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    I’ll blind myself
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    And it is, of course, overcast as fuck.
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    i hope the clouds clear by then…
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    I’ll be out on the deck at sunset.
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