Observers in North America see it
the evening of June 5. This will be the last transit of Venus to
occur in your lifetime. Transits of Venus across the disk of
the Sun are among the rarest of planetary alignments. Indeed, only
six such events have occurred since the invention of the telescope
(1631, 1639, 1761, 1769, 1874, 1882, & 2004). The next
transit of Venus will occur onJune 5th, 2012.
Summer Public Tours:
June 2nd, June 16th, July 7th and July 21st
Doors open at 8 PM
Planetarium show at 8:30 PM
Telescope Viewing at 9:30 to10:30 PM (weather permitting; see ClearSky
Clock)
Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium has been serving Butler
University students and the Indianapolis public for nearly 60
years. The observatory, one of the largest public observatories in
the world, houses a 38-inch Cassegrain reflector.
ClearSky Clock