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Old June 9th 04, 12:54 AM
Richard
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Default Venus transit "black drop" effect due to what??

I and most observers did not see much evidence of this. Despite that,
pictures from journals from the 1800s event show this as a marked effect.
What could have caused it to be so apparent back then and not now?
-Rich
 




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