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Rachel Hobson says: "Who needs to watch a web cam of baby pandas when you can watch Venus live?

Welcome to the Public Observatory channel, where you can see live video of the Sun, moon, or the planets taken through one of our telescopes. The Public Observatory is located at the National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall in Washington, DC.

This month, the Observatory is open to visitors from 1-3 p.m. EDT, Wednesday through Saturday, weather permitting. During these hours we will often stream live video through one of our telescopes so that you can see what we're looking at!

Smithsonian Public Observatory Project

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Brainspore

Dude, if I’m gonna watch live nude planets then at least point the telescope at one with a decent moon.
- http://ae4rv.com/ royaltrux
  
  But Venus is hawt!
  - http://www.jjsaul.com Jim Saul
    
    And right now it looks like a crescent moon – Venus phases.
    
    http://aa.usno.navy.mil/imagery/disk?body=venus&year=2012&month=5&day=17&hour=19&minute=42
http://www.jjsaul.com Jim Saul

Excellent.

Anyone know of a similar feed farther west, to watch the transit of Venus coming up on the 5th? Next one is in 2117 I think.

Also, don’t forget, solar eclipse coming up this Sunday!
Keith Tyler

Apparently they need someone to stand there and hold the webcam up to the eyepiece, so they can’t stream during the 22 hours a day the observatory is closed. Sorry for the inconvenience.
beemoh

Five comments, and nobody makes a joke about that headline and “Uranus”? You’re all crap.