Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jun 2001
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Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (ISSN 1440-2807), Vol. 4, No. 1, p. 43-58 (2001).
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Transit Of Venus, Spectroscopic Observations, Italian Astronomers
Scientific paper
The transit of Venus over the Sun expected on 1874 December 9, gave the opportunity to the Italian astronomers of organizing the second scientific mission of the new Kingdom of Italy born in 1861. Pietro Tacchini of the Astronomical Observatory of Palermo was designated to organizing the expedition for the Transit of 1874, and at the same time Giuseppe Lorenzoni of the Astronomical Observatory of Padova took care of getting all the necessary instruments ready and of shipping them to Bengal, eastern India. In this mission the Italians obtained a very important result: they observed, for the first time, details of the spectrum of Venus which confirmed the existence of its atmosphere. At the same time they demonstrated the validity of the spectroscopic observations to determine the exact instant of the contacts.
Pigatto Luisa
Zanini Valeria
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