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By John Lindblad This week’s transit of Mercury takes me back to May 9, 2016, my first time seeing the event. Gassendi’s record of the 1631 transit of Mercury. Pierre Gassendi from scientus.org That Monday morning, I was camped in my station wagon at the dedicated dark-sky site near Kaladar, Ontario. Not at the actual platform, but on a hidden remnant of old Highway 41, well back in the woods at the end of a rocky dirt track leading from the parking area.
By John Lindblad Highlights of the Moon’s quiet phase, and Neptune a prime telescopic sight October 21: The Moon enters last quarter. After midnight, observers will catch the Moon in its “quiet phase,” a time when the vast, dark lava plains of Mare Imbrium and Oceanus Procellarum are illuminated by the low-angle Sun. Binoculars and telescopes show the bright arc of the Apennine Mountains near the terminator.
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