JUST DO IT: See the Transit of Venus tonight @ Franklin Institute

Tonight, our overheated and under-inhabited neighbor Venus will pass between Earth and the sun.

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JUST DO IT: See the Transit of Venus tonight @ Franklin Institute

POSTED: Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 2:52 PM

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And you thought the Schuylkill at rush hour was a long commute. Tonight, our overheated and under-inhabited neighbor Venus will pass between Earth and the sun. This rare astrological event will begin for Delaware Valley viewers at 6:03 p.m. and will be visible until the sun sets at 8:24 p.m. And it won't happen again for another 243 years.

The transit of Venus can be viewed, at The Franklin Institute (222 N. 20th St.), in a program led by Chief Astronomer Derrick Pitts. The Institute will host planetary geologists Dr. Vicki Hanson and Dr. Tracy Gregg for a 4:30 p.m. presentation in the Fels Planetarium before heading to the roof for front row seats of Mother Nature's finest, complete with astronomical telescopes.

(jodi@citypaper.net) (@gij0de)

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