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Central Standard
5:42 am
Wed June 6, 2012

Celestial Happenings: Your Venus Transit Questions Answered

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People crowd around the scope at Warko to catch the Venus Transit.
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If you missed the Venus transit Tuesday afternoon, we have bad news: you’re not going to have another chance to see it. 

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Central Standard
12:10 pm
Fri June 1, 2012

Venus Watch Spot: Warkoczewski Observatory

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The two telescopes at the Warkoczewski Observatory.
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You can see the moon almost this clearly from Warko Observatory.
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A simple breakdown of how a Newton Telescope works - light hits the mirror, which reflects onto a slanted mirror, which is projected into the eyepiece.
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A breakdown of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor - the full constellations that contain the Big and Little Dippers.
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From double and triple stars to navigation tactics all the way to the Andromeda galaxy, the Warkoczewski Observatory's Friday night stargazing provides education and entertainment atop Royall Hall. They're currently gearing up for the Venus Transit tomorrow afternoon starting at 4 p.m. (more infomation below).

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