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MB. M. A. ELLISON writes: “Permit me to correct and also to amplify the statement of planetary conjunctions given under 'The Night Sky in July' in NATUBE of June 26, p. 724. These are described both as conjunctions and as occultations: in fact it is only the conjunction of Venus which leads to an occultation visible in the British Isles. This daylight occultation (disappearance July 6 at 15h. 45m. for Greenwich) is of special interest by reason of the great brilliancy of the planet, which should render it an object easily visible to the unaided eye. The moon will be slightly west of the meridian at an altitude of about 50°. There follows, within half an hour, the occultation of a Leonis, a double event observable with a 2-in. telescope”.
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Occupation of Venus. Nature 152, 18 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152018d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/152018d0