Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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... Bright 10 29 55'3 E. Oct. 20 Arietis , disapp . Bright 22 103 Tauri , disapp . Bright 7 16 34'0 12 35 58.4 N. M.D. ( a ) , Perhaps doubtful to one or two seconds . The initials D. , E. , M. D. , and N. are those of Mr. Dunkin , Mr ...
... Bright 10 29 55'3 E. Oct. 20 Arietis , disapp . Bright 22 103 Tauri , disapp . Bright 7 16 34'0 12 35 58.4 N. M.D. ( a ) , Perhaps doubtful to one or two seconds . The initials D. , E. , M. D. , and N. are those of Mr. Dunkin , Mr ...
Page 49
... bright as Capella ; scarcely brighter than a Crucis , about equal to ß Centauri . Colour reddish or yellowish white ; star scintillates . 1856 012. Scarcely brighter than & Centauri , a trifle brighter than a Crucis ; scintillates more ...
... bright as Capella ; scarcely brighter than a Crucis , about equal to ß Centauri . Colour reddish or yellowish white ; star scintillates . 1856 012. Scarcely brighter than & Centauri , a trifle brighter than a Crucis ; scintillates more ...
Page 58
... bright circle of light , scarcely separable from it , and the two diverging streams of light now pass symmetrically on each side of the nucleus . July 9. The shape of the head is that of an expanded fan . The nucleus terminates in a bright ...
... bright circle of light , scarcely separable from it , and the two diverging streams of light now pass symmetrically on each side of the nucleus . July 9. The shape of the head is that of an expanded fan . The nucleus terminates in a bright ...
Page 70
... bright metallic surface ; the rate being slower than when both are blackened . Another fact that it is well to keep in view is that , although the uncoated glass bulb radiates as quickly as the same coated with black , it does not ...
... bright metallic surface ; the rate being slower than when both are blackened . Another fact that it is well to keep in view is that , although the uncoated glass bulb radiates as quickly as the same coated with black , it does not ...
Page 91
... bright gleam of light brighter than the solar disk . This light was separated from the Moon's edge by a narrow pale green shadow , which softened into the former . This is also the character of all shadows from objects on our Earth . At ...
... bright gleam of light brighter than the solar disk . This light was separated from the Moon's edge by a narrow pale green shadow , which softened into the former . This is also the character of all shadows from objects on our Earth . At ...
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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