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Originally Posted by mobertol

On 5 and 6 June, Venus will appear as a small black dot on the Sun's surface in a rare transit, taking six hours to complete its journey. There's a great photo of the last transit in this article...

Read more: Watch the skies! Once-in-a-lifetime event as Venus passes in front of the sun - and the next 'transit' will be in 2117 | Mail Online

Unfortunately it will be dark in this country for most of the time the transit is happening. There is a Horizon programme on BBC2 tonight at 9pm.