Skywatchers Prepare For Rare Transit Of Venus

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Venus
passes between the earth and the sun every 19 months. But transits of Venus –
where the planet is visible as a tiny black dot slowly crossing the sun – are
rare. And this Tuesday, June 5th, the transit of Venus will be visible from North America, for a few hours just before sunset. It’s a sighting
that won’t happen again for 105 years. We talk to Mark Breen, Eye on the Sky Meteorologist and director of the Lyman Spitzer Jr. Planetarium at the Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury about the astronomy and the
historical significance of the transit of Venus, and about how and where to
view it safely.

Also
on the program, we talk to VPR’s Steve Zind about efforts to attract new jobs
to the Northeast Kingdom, and revive what is currently one of the most
economically depressed areas in the state.  His report is part of VPR’s week-long series Kingdom Comeback.

 

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