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I had a wonderful opportunity to observe the transit of Venus this past month (June 6th, 2012). Dr. Craig Lent is a professor in the Electrical Engineering Dept. at the University of Notre Dame. He is an amateur astrophysicist as well as an astrophotographer. He kindly set up his personal telescopes at the Trinity School Athletic Center, and hosted a star party- or actually a Transit of Venus party.

Here are some pictures of Dr. Lent and some of the observers.

If you would like to see some of his incredible astrophotos, check these out.

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If you missed the spectacular musical/digital concert in the DVT at Notre Dame last week, I can honestly say that it was a unique and overwhelmingly enjoyable experience.
Axiom Brass (If you have ears, you should experience their music) performed in collaboration with Keith Davis in the DVT for a musical event which was accompanied by digital astronomical pieces also performed live on the dome of the DVT.

While Axiom Brass performed pieces named after the great astronomers (Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Hubble, & Hawking), Keith would display different astronomically related imagery, such as galaxies, the planetary orbits, and asteroids, on the dome that were created to go along with the music.  It was a beautiful experience and the visuals were a hauntingly impressive connection to the movements in the music.

They were great guys, both musically and in person.  I hope we get to have them back again before the next transit of Venus.

TRANSIT OF VENUS IS IN 2 DAYS!

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