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DescriptionTransit observation Chambers 1898.jpg
English: The view through a transit instruments showing the reticle cross threads along with a single star and the planet Venus in the crescent phase.
Caption: "The planet Venus and a star as seen in a transit instrument."
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The planet Venus and a star as seen in a transit instrument.
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