Photos: Transit of Venus 6/5/2012
Numerous telescopes set up outside the Gilbert Rotary Observatory are used to view the transit of Venus across the Sun, Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in Gilbert. The next chance to see Venus transit the Sun will be 105 years from now, in the year 2117. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
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Transit of Venus
Gary Deatsman looks inside a telescope set up outside the Gilbert Rotary Observatory are used to view the transit of Venus across the Sun, Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in Gilbert. The next chance to see Venus transit the Sun will be 105 years from now, in the year 2117. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
Transit of Venus
Numerous telescopes set up outside the Gilbert Rotary Observatory are used to view the transit of Venus across the Sun, Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in Gilbert. The next chance to see Venus transit the Sun will be 105 years from now, in the year 2117. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
Transit of Venus
Numerous telescopes set up outside the Gilbert Rotary Observatory are used to view the transit of Venus across the Sun, Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in Gilbert. The next chance to see Venus transit the Sun will be 105 years from now, in the year 2117. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
Transit of Venus
A small black dot which is Venus orbits in front of the Sun as viewed through a telescope outside the Gilbert Rotary Observatory, Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in Gilbert. Numerous other black marks on the sun shown are sun spots. The next chance to see Venus transit the Sun will be 105 years from now, in the year 2117. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
Transit of Venus
Numerous telescopes set up outside the Gilbert Rotary Observatory are used to view the transit of Venus across the Sun, Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in Gilbert. The next chance to see Venus transit the Sun will be 105 years from now, in the year 2117. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
Transit of Venus
A viewer uses a special pair of glasses to view the transit of Venus across the Sun, Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in Gilbert. The next chance to see Venus transit the Sun will be 105 years from now, in the year 2117. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
Transit of Venus
Numerous telescopes set up outside the Gilbert Rotary Observatory are used to view the transit of Venus across the Sun, Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in Gilbert. The next chance to see Venus transit the Sun will be 105 years from now, in the year 2117. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
Transit of Venus
Karinne Parnell,5, of Ahwatukee Foothills looks inside a telescope set up outside the Gilbert Rotary Observatory are used to view the transit of Venus across the Sun, Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in Gilbert. The next chance to see Venus transit the Sun will be 105 years from now, in the year 2117. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
Transit of Venus
A telescope at the Gilbert Rotary Observatory is used to view the transit of Venus across the Sun, Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in Gilbert. The next chance to see Venus transit the Sun will be 105 years from now, in the year 2117. The next chance to see Venus transit the Sun will be 105 years from now, in the year 2117.[Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
Transit of Venus
Numerous telescopes set up outside the Gilbert Rotary Observatory are used to view the transit of Venus across the Sun, Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in Gilbert. The next chance to see Venus transit the Sun will be 105 years from now, in the year 2117.[Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
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