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Muddapur, India: the Italian expedition for the 1874 Venus transit

The Italian astronomers' camp in Muddapur (Bengala).

(P. Tacchini: "Il passaggio di Venere sul Sole", Palermo, 1875)

Refracting telescope by C.A. Steinheil, Munich 1856

$Refracting telescope by C.A. Steinheil, Munich 1856$

The telescope in Muddapur, India, ready to be used by Pietro Tacchini (1838-1905). In 1874 he led an Italian expedition for the Venus transit. Although Bologna astronomers were not among the observers...