Cook’s View of the Transit of Venus

A famous captain once spied the passage of a planet between Sun and Earth. You can, too.

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Image scan provided by the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford. Originally published as part of “Observations Made, by Appointment of the Royal Society, at King George’s Island in the South Sea; By Mr. Charles Green, Formerly Assistant at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, and Lieut. James Cook, of His Majesty’s Ship the Endeavour,” in Philosophical Transactions, 61 (1771), 397-421. Caption by Michael Carlowicz.

Published June 3, 2012
Data acquired June 3, 1769

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In situ Measurement