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...second team of astronomers, headed by Donald H. Menzel, Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy and former director of the Harvard College Observatory, leaves today for Miahautlan, Mexico, where they will set up a temporary ground-based observatory for the March 7 eclipsc...

Author: By Mark W. Oberle, | Title: Harvard Astronomers Prepare For Eclipse | 2/7/1970 | See Source »

...Harvard contingent, headed by Donald H. Menzel, Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy and former director of the Harvard College Observatory, will set up camp in Miahautlan, an Indian village south of Oaxaca. This will be Menzel's 13th eclipse. "The sun has been my specialty, and there is still no better method of observing the sun's outer corona than by watching an actual eclipse," he said...

Author: By Betty Zimmerberg, | Title: Astronomers Study Solar Eclipse On Location in Mexican Highlands | 2/4/1970 | See Source »

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