The Transit of Venus Webcast

June 5, 2012
3:09 p.m. to 9:49 p.m. PDT

The Exploratorium presents a live webcast on June 5, 2012, for the viewing of the Transit of Venus, an astronomical phenomenon that will not occur again until the years 2117 and 2125. A crew of Exploratorium staff will be webcasting this special 6.5-hour event live from the Mauna Loa Observatory on the big island of Hawaii. And, a telescope feed will be accompanied by audio commentary every 30 minutes. Visitors to the Exploratorium can view the phenomenon on large screens during museum hours and others worldwide can watch it via the Internet at http://www.exploratorium.edu/venus