Observations of the Transit of Venus, December 5 and 6, 1882: Made at the Harvard College Observatory (1883) is a scientific book written by Edward Charles Pickering. The book documents the observations made by Pickering and his team during the transit of Venus on December 5 and 6, 1882. The transit of Venus is a rare astronomical event that occurs when the planet Venus passes between the Earth and the Sun. The book provides a detailed account of...