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Astronomy Enthusiasts Gaze as Venus Struts Across the Western Sky

The Transit of Venus was not going to be upstaged by Election Day news on Tuesday. Did you witness this astronomical phenomenon? Upload your photos here.

 

Belmont resident Drew Morgan set up his Meade telescope on his front lawn this afternoon and welcomed neighbors and passersby to stop and take a look at the tiny spec of as it passed between the Earth and the sun.

The will not occur again until 2117.

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