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The observations are made with the 105 cm telescope at Pic du Midi observatory with a CCD camera equiped with an I-band filter. The observers are : Francois COLAS, Jean Lecacheux, Sylvie Jancart, Bruno Sicardy, Didier Tiphene. The images are processed by a Lucy-Richardson filter. Observations are made at 60 degrees from the sun. For the image at the exact time of the plan crossing, the sun was at 6 degrees above the horizon.
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