From 3:05 trough sunset , about 7 hours
Around 3:03 pacific time.
2012.
The transit of Venus is very easy to see. It is widely viewed, especially by scientists and astronomers around every century. The next transit of Venus shall occur in the year 2012 AD. -DATE: 15.6.11
Yes, with special filters.
The transit, in progress, can be viewed in TN from 6:05am to 6:26am CDT.
Transit of Venus - opera - was created in 2007.
Venus is visible most of the time if you know where to look. The only times it cannot be seen are when it's too close to the Sun, which happens for a short period (maybe a month) about every 9 months or so.
It's called a transit and what you see is a small black circle crossing in front of the Sun as Venus. It takes up to 6 hours to move across. It can be seen by projecting the output from a telescope on to a white card. Never look through the telescope. Transits of Venus occur in pairs spaced by 8 years. The last pair were in 2004 and 2012. The next ones will be in 2117 and 2125. A transit occurs at inferior conjunction when Venus overtakes the Earth, passing in front of the Sun. Venus is at inferior conjunction every 584 days, but for a transit to occur Venus also must be at one of its nodes, when it happens to be crossing the ecliptic.
Venus does not orbit the Sun. However it does transit the Sun.It is very rare that a prediction is correctly made of when Venus will transit the Sun. Venus transits the Sun. However the next transit of Venus is thought to be on the 6th June 2011.
NASA EDGE - 2007 Transit of Venus Interview with Dean Pesnell 6-7 was released on: USA: 28 June 2012
NASA EDGE - 2007 Transit of Venus Interview with Gorden Chin 6-5 was released on: USA: 22 June 2012
NASA EDGE - 2007 Transit of Venus Interview with James Garvin 6-6 was released on: USA: 26 June 2012