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From: Michael Dorl
Date: 2011 Jun 20, 13:35 -0500
Haven't found a good occulation in the 1804-1806 time frame that the story seems to call for. However while looking, came upon another interesting event. On 3 Jan 1818 at 21:50:57, it looks like Venus transited Jupiter, a truly once in several lifetimes occurance. From Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, Xephem says:
Lat 10 deg 20 min South
Long 105 deg 41 min EastUTC 21:50:57 h:m:s
Moon app alt 29:03:01 d:m:s
Jup 04:16:57
Ven 04:15:54
Ven-Jup seperation 00:00:13
Sun alt -12 deg
Well, it would have to have been a afternoon daytime observation for Venus to be above the moon.
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