On June 5, 2012 there was a transit of Venus across the Sun. The next one won't be until December 2117, so I wanted to be sure to see this event if the weather was favorable. The transit lasted about 6 hours starting from mid-afternoon and lasted until after sunset. From my home location I was able to see it from its start at 3:06 PM to about 7:40 PM local time. I set up an imaging platform and a visual platform on my front yard and over the course of the transit I had about 35 neighbors stop by to view and chat. We were all thrilled to see the transit. May and June 2012 presented an exciting two weeks for astronomical events with an annular solar eclipse and a transit of Venus. All solar images in this gallery were taken with the following equipment: a Celestron C80ED refracting telescope, a Pentax DSLR, a teleconverter and a Baader Solar Filter.