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(Almost) Total Eclipse of the Heart

Posted on March 20, 2015 by R.J. Southworth

In 1760, a French astronomer named Guillaume le Gentil set out to India with the intention of observing the 1761 transit of Venus – that is, Venus moving over the Sun from Earth’s perspective. A great number of astronomers at … Continue reading →

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