Public Observing Session of
Transit of Venus
Across Front of Sun
Pittsburgh - 2004 June 8 *** 2012 June 5
June 5 - Safe Public Viewing of Rare Astronomical Event
2004 Transit of Venus *** 2012 Transit of Venus
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: 2004 Transit of Venus *** 2004 & 2012 Transits of Venus
Photographs of Transit of Venus as seen in Sydney, Australia
From the Sydney Morning Herald
Article from
Sky and Telescope Magazine
(forerunner magazine,
The Sky, co-sponsored in early 1940s by
Buhl Planetarium in Pittsburgh and Hayden Planetarium in New York City):
Venus to "Eclipse" Sun for First Time in 122 Years
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History of The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science, Pittsburgh
History of Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Chicago
Astronomer, Educator, and Telescope Maker John A. Brashear
History of Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie Libraries
Mount Lebanon Public Library, South Hills, Pittsburgh
Historic Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh
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