For those into astronomical events that only occur once or twice in your lifetime, Tuesday evening has one of the better ones. Cross your fingers that the weather cooperates, and come to the Howard County Conservancy where HAL is holding a viewing party for the transit of Venus across the sun.
Set up is around 5:30 pm, with the start of the transit at 6:03:38 pm EDT. If the sun is visible, there should be viewing available until almost 8:30 when the sun has set.
If there are no clouds, many club members are bringing nighttime viewing scopes and will hold a star party after the solar viewing ends.
If you miss this viewing, you can catch the next transit in 2117, one hundred and five years from now. Do not try to view the sun directly on your own, as you may damage your eyes.
Come say HI as I am one of the volunteers from the Conservancy assisting in HAL’s visit to the site.
hocoblogs@@@
AnnieRie Unplugged 