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Venus, oh Venus: Get ready for a celestial show
Filtered telescopes offer a chance to watch planet cross the sun
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Even if you aren’t an astronomy buff, this planetary event is worth seeing — but only with a telescope. At approximately 6:03 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, a rare astronomical event will be visible from Gainesville. And it won’t happen again until 2117.