Year: 
1961

Venus on 1961 January 9/10 at 16:25-16:45 local time (21:25-21:45 UT) as sketched by K.R. Brasch. 8" reflector at 165x. Seeing 0-3. Transparency 5. Disk of planet unusually bright with only slightly less intense area marked 9.5, otherwise featureless without filter.

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