Planetary Transits 2016

When one celestial body moves across the face of another celestial body and hide some part of it, then this astronomical event is known as transit. As the result of rotation of the earth when its position is somewhat halfway between setting and rising, when a celestial body crosses the meridian, then this event is known as a transit.
It was once considered as one of the important purpose for time keeping with the observation of transit of meridian. These observations are also important as they are used to determine the positions of star or the position of local vertical and thus their precise observation is very important.