3:48 am on Tuesday June 5, 2012
| Posted by Ken Hawkins
Watch Venus pass before the sun today
On Tuesday, June 5, Venus will transit the sun during sunset— and it will be 105 years until it happens again.
From about 6:06 to 8:33 p.m. Venus will cross in front of the sun, appearing as a small black speck — to be sure, you should not look for it without special sun-viewing instruments or shades, and if you do have access to a telescope, that's even better.
You can also catch a webcast of the event at NASA starting at 5:45 p.m.
For more about the upcoming transit, I'll point you to Ars Technica's report (read it here) and NASA's special webpage for the event (see that here).