SAFE PUBLIC VIEWING OF RARE



  ASTRONOMICAL EVENT WITH



4.5-INCH REFLECTOR TELESCOPE AT



  MT. LEBANON PUBLIC LIBRARY

16 Castle Shannon Boulevard near Washington Road

TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 2012



6:03 – 8:30 p.m. (Best View: 6:30- 8 p.m.)

 

So long as clouds do not block the Sun!



Transit of Planet Venus Across Image of Sun

WILL NOT BE SEEN AGAIN UNTIL 2117 !



WARNING: NEVER look directly at the Sun, a solar eclipse, or a solar transit of a planet with a telescope or binoculars, unless you have special training and special equipment to do so safely. Otherwise, this would cause PERMANENT BLINDNESS INSTANTLY!



MORE INFO: < venustransit@planetarium.cc > or 412-561-7876.



Co-Sponsored by –



Friends of the Zeiss -- Ten-year old non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the history and preservation of the historic equipment, artifacts, and building of Pittsburgh’s original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science, including the Zeiss II Planetarium Projector (prior to 2002 dismantling, oldest operable major planetarium projector in the world!) and the 10-inch Siderostat-type Refractor Telescope. More information: < http://www.planetarium.cc > or 412-561-7876.

Mt. Lebanon Public Library < http://www.mtlebanonlibrary.org/ > or 412-531-1912.






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