Publication Date:
2019-06-27
Description:
The transit of Mercury of November 10, 1973 was observed from Silver Spring, Maryland (76 deg 58' W, 39 deg 01' N) for the period 6:48:00 EST, near sunrise, to 8:17:18 (contact 4). A total of 24 frames of 35mm Pan X film were taken through a Questar telescope equipped with a sun filter of 40mm aperture. The diameter of the solar image is 13mm on the film. Transit photographs from the observation are included.
Keywords:
SPACE SCIENCES
Type:
NASA-TM-X-70690
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X-673-74-132
Format:
application/pdf
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