Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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... distance , index - error , and corrected apparent distance . It does not appear necessary to give all the numbers of the observations , or the troublesome reductions , but it may be proper to describe the method pursued : - 1. The ...
... distance , index - error , and corrected apparent distance . It does not appear necessary to give all the numbers of the observations , or the troublesome reductions , but it may be proper to describe the method pursued : - 1. The ...
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... distance with the star's meridian was found . necessary elements for computing its diff . R.A. and its N.P.D. were thus completely obtained . The following are the results for the Comet's place : - The ( 1 ) ( 2 ) Federenko's Lalande ...
... distance with the star's meridian was found . necessary elements for computing its diff . R.A. and its N.P.D. were thus completely obtained . The following are the results for the Comet's place : - The ( 1 ) ( 2 ) Federenko's Lalande ...
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... distance Observations of Stars ; and from these are deduced the mean right ascensions and north polar distances for 1st January , 1859. It is from the internal evidence af- forded by these that an estimate can be formed of the amount of ...
... distance Observations of Stars ; and from these are deduced the mean right ascensions and north polar distances for 1st January , 1859. It is from the internal evidence af- forded by these that an estimate can be formed of the amount of ...
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... distance , but which , in consequence of the finite velocity of propagation , acts in a direction inclined to that of the radius vector . Tabula Quantitatum Besselianarum quibus Apparentes Stel- larum Positiones in Medias convertuntur ...
... distance , but which , in consequence of the finite velocity of propagation , acts in a direction inclined to that of the radius vector . Tabula Quantitatum Besselianarum quibus Apparentes Stel- larum Positiones in Medias convertuntur ...
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... distance between the extreme points , measured on the great 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 ...
... distance between the extreme points , measured on the great 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 ...
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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