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Earthlings Can View A Rare Celestial Event Which Happens Only 13 Times A Century

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The 20-inch Meade RCX 400 telescope at the Montauk Observatory at the Ross School. ELIZABETH VESPE

The 20-inch Meade RCX 400 telescope at the Montauk Observatory at the Ross School. ELIZABETH VESPE

Mercury can be seen as a small black dot in the lower right corner of the sun. COURTESY MONTAUK OBSERVATORY

Mercury can be seen as a small black dot in the lower right corner of the sun. COURTESY MONTAUK OBSERVATORY

authorElizabeth Vespe on Nov 4, 2019
Through the Montauk Observatory’s 20-inch Meade RCX 400 telescope, budding astronomers will be able to view Mercury in transit on Monday, November 11, from 10 a.m. until noon — a... more

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