Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volumes 3-4Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1891 |
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... stars , one of which was much larger than the others . He therefore concluded that the constella- tion represented on the coin was Taurus , as this was the only group of five stars known to the ancients , in which one was more brilliant ...
... stars , one of which was much larger than the others . He therefore concluded that the constella- tion represented on the coin was Taurus , as this was the only group of five stars known to the ancients , in which one was more brilliant ...
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... stars in the region from which the system is moving will , on the whole , seem to crowd together , while , again , the stars on the two sides , as it were , will , on the whole , keep their relative distances . The case is analogous to ...
... stars in the region from which the system is moving will , on the whole , seem to crowd together , while , again , the stars on the two sides , as it were , will , on the whole , keep their relative distances . The case is analogous to ...
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... stars in the Milky Way as a merely accidental circumstance , it is logical to suppose that the true motion . of a ... stars used in the discus- sion . In Dr. STRUVE'S memoir he has supposed the stars used to be situated at certain ...
... stars in the Milky Way as a merely accidental circumstance , it is logical to suppose that the true motion . of a ... stars used in the discus- sion . In Dr. STRUVE'S memoir he has supposed the stars used to be situated at certain ...
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... stars about the Milky Way . Dr. STUMPE points cut that this result may not be due to the absence of such a general rotation , but that it may simply be caused by the fact that most of the stars of his list are northern stars . When the ...
... stars about the Milky Way . Dr. STUMPE points cut that this result may not be due to the absence of such a general rotation , but that it may simply be caused by the fact that most of the stars of his list are northern stars . When the ...
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... star lines on the photograph in the neighborhood of the Hy line , is after- wards measured under a microscope . Stars of the second and third spectral types gave results of great accuracy , as the lines in such stars are sharp and are ...
... star lines on the photograph in the neighborhood of the Hy line , is after- wards measured under a microscope . Stars of the second and third spectral types gave results of great accuracy , as the lines in such stars are sharp and are ...
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