Get a filter and look up: That dot is Venus

By Oskar Garcia

Published June 5, 2012 6:29pm ET

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Get a filter and look up: That dot is Venus — This map provided by NASA shows the visibility for the transit of Venus passes in front of sun. Venus crosses the sun on Tuesday, June 5, 2012, from the Western Hemisphere (Wednesday, June 6 from the Eastern Hemisphere). Known as a transit of Venus, this won't happen again until 2117. The transit is happening during a 6-hour, 40-minute span starting after 6 p.m. EDT in the United States. (AP Photo/NASA) | AP

HONOLULU (AP) — For astronomers, Venus passing in front of the sun is not just a rare planetary spectacle — it won’t be seen for another 105 years. It’s also one of those events they hope will spark curiosity about the universe.

Sul Ah Chim, a researcher at the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute in the central South Korean city of Daejon, said he hoped people see life from a larger perspective, and “not get caught up in their small, everyday problems.”

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