dec 1, 1882 - First Observation made by the telescope at McCormick Observatory: The first officially recorded observation was a transit of Venus observed by Ormond Stone and Prof. Francis Smith on this day.
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The first officially recorded observation was a transit of Venus observed by Ormond Stone and Prof. Francis Smith on this day.
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