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Upcoming event visible in France : the solar transit of Mercury

14 avril 2016

A rare astronomical phenomenon will take place on monday, 9th of May : the solar transit of Mercury.

The Institut de mécanique céleste et de calcul des éphémérides (IMCCE - Institute for celestial mechanics and ephemeris computation) of the Paris Observatory, which is responsible for the creation and publication of the official french ephemeris, has created an on-line page which will enable you to find out the circumstances of this phenomenon for your particular region.