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Jupiter and the Moon

Posted on June 4th, 2013

“Transitus Jovis” – the passage of Jupiter close to the Moon on April 12, 1647:

Johannis Hevelii Selenographia - transitus jovis-757

Based on these observations:

Johannis Hevelii Selenographia -transitusjovis -756

From Hevelius, Selenographia, 1647

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