Transit of Venus 2012 What a Day it was yesterday and a big relief that now I don't have to stay around for another 105 years to see the next Venus Transit. The weather gods were very kind to us in Victoria. The final numbers are not in yet from all the observing sites, but from the preliminary reports it seems that from the public participation point of view we made up for the dismal Solar Eclipse we experienced on May 20. In all respects yesterday's event was worth putting in the memorable folder; great weather, great public participation and out of this world volunteers. Thanks to all the volunteers for making this ToV such a memorable event for everyone involved. We could not have asked for a better outcome. Cheers, Sid Sidhu, Public Viewing Event Organizer Thanks to Sid (forever and always) for setting up all the volunteers at the various locations, making sure we all had solar glasses to hand out and trying to keep track of everyone. And may I add my thanks to all the volunteers and to the RASC members who set up telescopes in many different community places and showed the public one of the treats of the century. A great day, indeed. A Transit of Venus (ToV) is one of the rarest astronomical events, where the planet Venus moves between our perspective here on Earth and the Sun, and so appears to "cross" the Sun.  This event will be visible from here in