Tomorrow, Hawaii Island residents will have a chance to see a very rare astronomical event. The Transit of Venus, when Venus crosses in front of the sun, is considered one of the rarest of predictable astronomical events. The next one will occur in 2117. And Hawaii is one of the few places where the entire transit will be visible this time around. It starts around 12:09 p.m. and will go until just before Sunset. Watching the Transit of Venus is only possible with specially-darkened solar filters—to look at the sun directly…
