Hey Chasers! This past weekend we had front row seats to a conjunction of the Moon, Mars, and Venus; our three closest celestial neighbors. One of the advantages of my day job working on campus at Simon Fraser University is having a roof access key to the residence dorm towers. It made for a great view of the conjunction especially …
Transit of Venus is Today (June 5th)
Hey Chasers, Once in a lifetime opportunity today to see Venus as it journeys across our view of the Sun. The planet, just slightly smaller than our own, will be dwarfed by our life-giving star and appear as a small black dot contrasted against the Sun’s light. Some of you may already be setting up your solar observing telescopes. But …