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

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The Italian astronomers' camp in Muddapur (Bengala).

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

Web links

• Library of the Astronomy Department, Bologna

Related Objects

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

Source

Object contributed by Museo della Specola, Department of Astronomy, Università di Bologna