Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 68; Volumes 1907-1908Priestley and Weale, 1908 Includes lists of additions to the Society's library, usually separately paged. |
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Page 8
... error had crept in , I am now convinced that the right interpretation of the peculiar effects lies in accepting them as real , and not instrumental . The spectrum of the east limb was in nearly every case less clearly defined than that ...
... error had crept in , I am now convinced that the right interpretation of the peculiar effects lies in accepting them as real , and not instrumental . The spectrum of the east limb was in nearly every case less clearly defined than that ...
Page 84
... errors which have been called Progressive discordances in S.P.P. No. 5 , Tables VI . and VII . § 6. Corrections to be applied to individual plates were obtained in this way for the whole of the plates made at Bordeaux , Helsingfors ...
... errors which have been called Progressive discordances in S.P.P. No. 5 , Tables VI . and VII . § 6. Corrections to be applied to individual plates were obtained in this way for the whole of the plates made at Bordeaux , Helsingfors ...
Page 86
... error . Corrections were obtained by plotting the results for successive magnitude groups ( loc . cit . ) , and drawing the best possible smooth curves through them . The quantities derived from these curves were adjusted to allow for ...
... error . Corrections were obtained by plotting the results for successive magnitude groups ( loc . cit . ) , and drawing the best possible smooth curves through them . The quantities derived from these curves were adjusted to allow for ...
Page 95
... Error of the Standard System . - To obtain from the above discussed discordances an exact estimate of the probable error of a star place in our standard system would be very laborious , if not impracticable , and the labour is not ...
... Error of the Standard System . - To obtain from the above discussed discordances an exact estimate of the probable error of a star place in our standard system would be very laborious , if not impracticable , and the labour is not ...
Page 96
... error of a contribution of weight 1 is likely to be not greater than o " 20 , probably less . And a star is not admitted to the standard system unless its weight is at least 4 , while the average weight is 7 or 8. The probable error of ...
... error of a contribution of weight 1 is likely to be not greater than o " 20 , probably less . And a star is not admitted to the standard system unless its weight is at least 4 , while the average weight is 7 or 8. The probable error of ...
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angle appear Astrographic axis bright brighter Cape Catalogue centre coefficient colour column comet comparison stars computed corrections correlation curve cyanogen David Gill deduced determination distance Double Stars drift E. E. Barnard Earth eclipse epoch equation equatorial faint formula give given Greenwich groups heliometer instrument Julian Day Jupiter latitude lens Lick Observatory limb lines longitude magnitude Max Wolf mean measures meridian method Monthly Notices Moon nebula nucleus number of stars observations obtained orbit outer condensation paper parallax Paris perihelion perihelion passage period perturbations photographs planet plates position present Professor proper motion reduced reflector refraction refractor region right ascension ring Royal Observatory satellite Saturn seen Sept solar spectra spectral class spectroheliograph spectroscope spectrum spot stellar sun-spot Sun's surface Table telescope tion variable Yerkes Observatory zone ΙΟ