Lunar Occultation of Jupiter
July 15, 2012
13:

Jupiter will be briefly hidden by the moon.
It happens in a daytime. So, you need to use an astrometric telescope to observe.
This show occurs because the moon is passing between Earth and Jupiter.

Lunar Occultation of Venus
August 14, 2012
02:43 - 3:28

Venus will be briefly hidden by the moon.
This show occurs because the moon is passing between Earth and Venus..

Next chance is on August 1, 2019, but it's not in good condition.
Next good chance will come on May 31, 2063.



Transit of Venus accross the sun
June 6, 2012
7:10 - 13:47

Transit of Venus accross the sun can be observed all over Japan in June 6th, 2012.
The sun, Venus and the earth make a line.
Venus lokks like a small black dot and across the sun.

Next chance will come in 105 years, December 11, 2117, and
most of us will not be able to observe it.
So, this is the last chance for us
to observe this kind of phenomenon.

-	Apparent move  (Concern with the rotation of Earth

Lunar Eclipse
June 4, 2012
18:59-21:07

Annular eclipse
金環日食 Kinkan Nisshoku
May 21, 2012

May 21, 2012, we can observe a annular eclipse in which the moon covers the center of the sun
and sunlight forms a ring shape around the moon, the first time since 1987 in Okinawa.
In Honshu (Japan's largest island), it happens the first time since 1883.
It can be observed widely in Japan,:south of Kyushu, south of Shikoku, south of Kinki, south of Chubu and Kanto area.
Such wide-range observation of annular eclipse is the first time since 1080.

You must not observe the sun with naked eyes, using plastic sheets or CDs or film or sunglasses, etc.
Please buy a correct method at bookstores or drug stores or Tokyu Hands or Maruzen, etc.

Sunshine filtering through foliage provides us so many image of annular eclipse on the ground.

If you miss this opportunity, next annular eclipse in Nagoya is in October 25, 2041.