Transit of Venus

It is one week until the Transit of Venus Celebration at Bobcat Stadium on Tuesday, June 5.  This is one of the rarest of astronomical events.

3:30pm – Gates open
4:00pm – Welcome address by President Cruzado.
4:05pm – First contact (ingress exterior), ie the transit starts.
4:30pm – Space Public Outreach Team presentation by Lincoln Gulley
5:30pm – Transit of Venus presentation by David McKenzie
7:00pm – Event ends
The transit will be in progress until sunset.

This event will be held rain or shine.  We will have a live NASA TV stream
on the stadium scoreboard so even if it is cloudy or raining guests will be
able to see the transit of Venus live from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory
(SDO) satellite.  The Cat Shack will be open for concessions.  There will be
a bounce house, face painting, and solar system activities.

The Bozeman Daily Chronicle had a nice article with some more information regarding the transit.

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Update: Despite rain, hail, wind, lightening and thunder a crowd of 2,000 came out to the stadium for the transit.  We only got about 20 minutes of good viewing time, but what we saw was amazing!