Re: Transit of Venus

From: James Whitby (james.whitby_at_phim.unibe.ch)
Date: 06/09/04

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Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 18:14:13 +0200

James Whitby wrote:
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>> As did I. Not everyone captured the effect, but it can be captured on
>> film. SWAG: an atmospheric effect?
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> I saw a lecture that stated that the effect was due to blurring caused
> by a combination of diffraction effects and terrestrial atmospheric
> turbulence,

For a more detailed explanation see Icarus 168 pp249-256 (2004),
abstract available from ADS:

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2004Icar..168..249S&db_key=AST&high=3ea7c9b63a15607

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