Fox News 28 Video & Story “Local events planned for once in a lifetime celestial occurrence”

Fox News came to Jordan Hall of Science on Sunday (June 3rd) to get the story on the transit of Venus activities. Both Colin McClelland (6th year ND Astrophysics PhD student) & Chuck Bueter were interviewed for the details!
I’m in the shot for approximately 4 seconds as Colin Littlefield, Colin McClelland, and I were aligning the telescope to the Sun.

THE TRANSIT OF VENUS IS TOMORROW!

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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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The Transit of Venus will be here in 6 days!
Wahoo! I’m EXCITED to see the solar system move before my very eyes!

If you’re sitting around thinking:

“Man, I don’t know what all the fuss is about…“

GOOD NEWS! There’s a YouTube page to help!
Everyone loves watching videos, especially awesome ones…

Transit of Venus has it’s ownYouTubeSite!

My personal recommendation is to check out this 4-minute video ALL about the transit.

Predict a Transit of Venus: 2-minute explanation…

Transit of Venus: 2-Minute Explanation to predict it.

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How are YOU planning to view the Transit of Venus on June 5th ?

One thing’s for sure, you BETTER NOT TRYwith sunglasses, binoculars,
or a telescope without a proper solar filter.

Do YOU need and/or want SOLAR SHADES!?!?

There’s a Treasure Hunt in Michiana that YOU can do to get you and your WHOLE Family FREE Solar Shades!

The TROVE ADVENTURE Treasure Hunt!

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Slashdot. If you don’t know what that is you may not be a nerd…
Its tag line is honest in its purpose: “News for Nerds.  Stuff that Matters.”

+ = awesome!

Transit of Venus was featured today on the /. Science page: science.slashdot.org

Not ONLY was it about Transit of Venus (nicknamed TROVE), but Chuck Bueter‘s website transitofvenus.org was highlighted in THIS post!

Specifically transitofvenus.org was linked as the place to find out about the safety of watching the transit!

/. is a fun place  to peruse for random info, geeky news stories, and in general a better way to spend down time than checking out the unintelligent garble filling other social sites.

Way to go /. , thanks for keeping the science good, the facts fun, and the nerds cool!

34 DAYS UNTIL THE TRANSIT OF VENUS!!!!!

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