The Transit of Mercury, November 14, 1907, as Visible in the United States
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Authors
Rigge, William F., S.J.
Issue Date
1907-10
Volume
XV
Issue
8
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Article
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en_US
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Rigge Papers , Planets
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The United States will be very unfavorably situated for viewing the coming transit of Mercury on November 14,1907. About one-third of the states will not see the planet at all upon the Sun’s face, and the others will only get a glimpse of its egress and that at a low altitude above the horizon. On Figure 1 the line marked 0 is the limiting line of visibility, all places to the west of it not seeing the transit at all. This 0 line, as well as those marked 10 and 20, show the degrees of the Sun’s altitude at the moment of egress. The broken lines 6, 7, 8, 9, indicate the places at which sunrise will occur at 6,7,8, 9, o’clock central time.
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