SAFE
PUBLIC VIEWING OF RARE
ASTRONOMICAL
EVENT
MT. LEBANON
PUBLIC LIBRARY
16 Castle Shannon Boulevard near
Washington Road
(South Hills, Pittsburgh PA)
MONDAY MORNING
& EARLY AFTERNOON, MAY 9, 2016
9:00 a.m.
to 2:42 p.m. EDT
Transit of Planet Mercury Across Front of Sun
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WARNING: NEVER look directly at the Sun, a solar eclipse,
or a solar transit of a planet with a telescope, binoculars, or any optical
device unless you have special training and special equipment to do so safely.
Otherwise, this would cause PERMANENT BLINDNESS INSTANTLY!
MORE
INFO: < mercurytransit@planetarium.cc >
or 412-561-7876.
Co-Sponsored
by –
Friends of the Zeiss – Fourteen-year old non-profit organization with
the mission to promote Astronomy, Space Sciences, and related sciences through
Internet web sites and a blog, as well as public observing sessions of special
astronomical events. This organization also promotes 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 fairly unique 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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