Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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... communicated a series of observations of this well- known crater , embracing a period of eighteen months , viz . , from January 1860 to July 1861 , which he had arranged according to the Moon's age , so that they not only served as a ...
... communicated a series of observations of this well- known crater , embracing a period of eighteen months , viz . , from January 1860 to July 1861 , which he had arranged according to the Moon's age , so that they not only served as a ...
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... ( Communicated by the Astronomer Royal . ) Mean Solar Time of Observation . Iris R.A. from Observation . Mean Solar Time of Observation . h m 8 1861 , Sept. 10 Oct. II 13 56 51'2 11 26 51 ° 5 I 17 9'01 Ariadne 43 R.A. from Observation ...
... ( Communicated by the Astronomer Royal . ) Mean Solar Time of Observation . Iris R.A. from Observation . Mean Solar Time of Observation . h m 8 1861 , Sept. 10 Oct. II 13 56 51'2 11 26 51 ° 5 I 17 9'01 Ariadne 43 R.A. from Observation ...
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... ( Communicated by the Astronomer Royal . ) A short time since , the Admiralty placed in my hands a sheet of observations of the distances of the Comet II . , 1861 , from fixed stars , made by Commander A. L. Mansell , accom- panied with ...
... ( Communicated by the Astronomer Royal . ) A short time since , the Admiralty placed in my hands a sheet of observations of the distances of the Comet II . , 1861 , from fixed stars , made by Commander A. L. Mansell , accom- panied with ...
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... communicated Observations taken by Mr. J. F. Krabbe , Master H. M. S. Meander , at Ascension Island , 1861 , July 4 , 8 , and 29 , of a Comet seen there , and which is , in fact , Comet II . , 1861 . The observations are sextant ...
... communicated Observations taken by Mr. J. F. Krabbe , Master H. M. S. Meander , at Ascension Island , 1861 , July 4 , 8 , and 29 , of a Comet seen there , and which is , in fact , Comet II . , 1861 . The observations are sextant ...
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... ( Communicated by the Rev. R. Main . ) The Radcliffe Trustees having presented to me the obser- vations made at the Radcliffe Observatory , Oxford , vols . xviii . and xix . , I have compared the places of stars contained in these two ...
... ( Communicated by the Rev. R. Main . ) The Radcliffe Trustees having presented to me the obser- vations made at the Radcliffe Observatory , Oxford , vols . xviii . and xix . , I have compared the places of stars contained in these two ...
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2r+g Airy Alhazen Annex appears April Astronomer Royal bright Calculation CAYLEY clock Comet computed corrected crater Decl declination diameter difference distance Ditto ditto edge Ephemeris equations Equatoreal error excentricity eye-piece Greenwich inches aperture instrument July June Jupiter Jupiter's Satellites latitude light limb longitude Lunar m² e m² n² Mars Mean Solar measures Memoir meridian Minor Planets Monthly Notices Moon Moon's Mean Motion N.P.D. from Observation Nautical Almanac nearly Nebula nucleus Number of Observations obtained Occultation orbit parallax perihelion photographs Prof R.A. from Observation Radcliffe Catalogue radiation Right Ascension ring Royal Observatory Saturn Secular Acceleration shadow Sirius Small Planets Society Solar Eclipse soleil stars Struve Sun's disk surface T. W. Webb taches telescope term thermometer tion Transit of Mercury Ursa Variable Variable Stars W. R. Dawes Weisse