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On June 6th 2012, a transit of Venus across the disk of the Sun will take place. The event will be visible from Pakistan. When the Sun will rise on 6 th June, it will be already in Transit Phase and the planet Venus will be at the stage of Greatest Transit, almost later half part of the event will be visible from Pakistan, please see figure below. The event will also be visible from the Pacific Ocean and many countries of Europe, eastern Africa, western and central Asia, western Australia, North America and northern South America. Total duration of the
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Remarks
will occur on Wednesday, June 6, this year in Pakistan. Since the apparent diameter of Venus is nearly 1 arc-minute, and apparent diameter of the Sun is 32 arc-minute, hence the planet Venus appears to be only 1/32 of the Sun's apparent diameter. However it is just possible to see the Venus without optical magnification like a tiny black dot over the Sun disk as it crosses the Sun (but using solar filter protection). However a pair of binoculars or a small telescope at modest power will offer a much more satisfying view.
All binoculars and telescopes must be suitably equipped with adequate filtration to ensure safe solar viewing. The visual and photographic requirement for observing a transit is identical to those for solar viewing. Observation, without proper eye protection i.e. without using suitable and reliable filters may lead to permanent blindness. So proper eye care measure must be taken in this regard.
Contacts-I and II define the phase called Ingress while contacts-III and IV are known as Egress. It may be noted that Contact-I and Contact-IV cannot be observed without special optical equipment.
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