Mumbai: A rare celestial event-- transit of planet Venus across the face of the Sun--will take place tomorrow (June 8, 2004) giving sky-gazers of several generations a chance of lifetime to see the event.

The Planet Venus will transit across the face of the Sun between 10:46 A M and 4:51 P M, according to Nehru Planetarium Director Piyush Pande.

Sky-watchers are warned not to witness the rare celestial event of the planet Venus Transit, the passage of a smaller celestial body or its shadow across the disk of a larger celestial body, the Sun, with naked eye tomorrow.

The event should be with special viewer glass used for Solar eclipse, the Planetarium scientists said in Mumbai.

Expecting cloudy skies in Mumbai and nearby areas, amateur astronomers have already moved to some areas in Kutch and Rajasthan to picture the entire rare event despite the fact they have to stand in the hottest weather for several hours, the amateur astronomer association sources told reporters.

The event can be witnessed by using the appropriate Sun Filter on Binoculars or Telescope, or the technique of Solar Projection. If you have good sight, then normal Eclipse Glasses will suffice.

"Never look at the sun without the appropriate solar filter," the scientists cautioned.

Rare spectacle - Transit of Venus- is happening after 122 years when Venus will drift across the face of the sun, as it passes between Sun and the Earth.

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