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1882 Sun &Venus shown in QuickTime movie

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Richard Lanham

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Apr 20, 2004, 1:09:47 AM4/20/04
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Using 147 glass slides still stored at an observatory, a movie of the 1882 "transit of Venus"
(silhouette of Venus travels across Sun), has been created in QuickTime:

http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/sun/article_1187_1.asp

Rick

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Lawrence H. Bulk

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Apr 20, 2004, 9:04:23 AM4/20/04
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Fantastic. I hope a lot of people see this. Thank you very much for posting it here.

Lawrence

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