Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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Page 19
... Circle at the Dudley Observatory . Recent Publications . Recent Publications . Dr. WOLFERS : on. 19 , 20 20 , 21 M.S.T. of Obs . h m 8 12 13 55'49 Calliope . App . R.A. h m 8 App . Decl . · 1861 . .ug . 30 22 51 23 ° 25 31 12 9 6.87 22 ...
... Circle at the Dudley Observatory . Recent Publications . Recent Publications . Dr. WOLFERS : on. 19 , 20 20 , 21 M.S.T. of Obs . h m 8 12 13 55'49 Calliope . App . R.A. h m 8 App . Decl . · 1861 . .ug . 30 22 51 23 ° 25 31 12 9 6.87 22 ...
Page 25
... circle joining them , is 2700 versts = 2880 kilometers = 1552 geographical miles . The Observatory of Dorpat is about half - way between the extreme points , and may be considered as the meridian of the total arc . The total arc is ...
... circle joining them , is 2700 versts = 2880 kilometers = 1552 geographical miles . The Observatory of Dorpat is about half - way between the extreme points , and may be considered as the meridian of the total arc . The total arc is ...
Page 55
... circle and of one microscope of the declination- circle was taken for each observation of the comet and the stars of comparison . These stars were generally taken from the Radcliffe Catalogue , and were in general so near to the comet ...
... circle and of one microscope of the declination- circle was taken for each observation of the comet and the stars of comparison . These stars were generally taken from the Radcliffe Catalogue , and were in general so near to the comet ...
Page 58
... circle of about 100 ° . α July 5. I examined the head of the comet to - night with a lower power . The nucleus is now very bright , and almost equal to a star of the first magnitude ( I compared with « Ursa Majoris in the twilight ) ...
... circle of about 100 ° . α July 5. I examined the head of the comet to - night with a lower power . The nucleus is now very bright , and almost equal to a star of the first magnitude ( I compared with « Ursa Majoris in the twilight ) ...
Page 61
... circle . The revision - observations of this class have been long in progress , so that the number of still undetermined stars is reduced to about 1000 , and the whole is likely to be finished next summer . The reduction of these ...
... circle . The revision - observations of this class have been long in progress , so that the number of still undetermined stars is reduced to about 1000 , and the whole is likely to be finished next summer . The reduction of these ...
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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