Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1858 |
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... exhibiting the gross distribution in latitude during the period of his labours , in which I find the limits laid down as 40 ° N. and 30 ° S. with a desolate region from 8 ° N. to 5 ° S. , and with , on the whole , a preponderance of ...
... exhibiting the gross distribution in latitude during the period of his labours , in which I find the limits laid down as 40 ° N. and 30 ° S. with a desolate region from 8 ° N. to 5 ° S. , and with , on the whole , a preponderance of ...
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... exhibited at the meeting ) were made mainly from the descriptions given above , and are intended to embody all the phenomena therein detailed ; while Mr. Christy's are intended to represent the different ap- pearances of the Comet as ...
... exhibited at the meeting ) were made mainly from the descriptions given above , and are intended to embody all the phenomena therein detailed ; while Mr. Christy's are intended to represent the different ap- pearances of the Comet as ...
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... exhibited the curvature and an excess of brightness on the convex side . " Sept. 21. The nucleus like a star of the first mag . The tail about 5o in length , as well as I could judge . " " " Sept. 24. Comet very brilliant ; nucleus well ...
... exhibited the curvature and an excess of brightness on the convex side . " Sept. 21. The nucleus like a star of the first mag . The tail about 5o in length , as well as I could judge . " " " Sept. 24. Comet very brilliant ; nucleus well ...
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... exhibited a deter- mination of the hood towards the left side , but the two streams of the tail of equal intensity . To the naked eye the tail was much spread out laterally , especially at the extreme part , and the nucleus was less ...
... exhibited a deter- mination of the hood towards the left side , but the two streams of the tail of equal intensity . To the naked eye the tail was much spread out laterally , especially at the extreme part , and the nucleus was less ...
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... 6 after , of which one failed to develope , and two others were spoiled by the instrument's slipping . The positions of the cusps exhibited in 35 , 36 37 , 38 20 = - The 33 , 34 34 , 35 Total Eclipse of the Sun of Sept. 7 , 1858 .
... 6 after , of which one failed to develope , and two others were spoiled by the instrument's slipping . The positions of the cusps exhibited in 35 , 36 37 , 38 20 = - The 33 , 34 34 , 35 Total Eclipse of the Sun of Sept. 7 , 1858 .
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Adams Admiral Smyth angle Apparent N.P.D. Apparent R.A. h m appearance April Arcturus Astronomer Royal axis bright calculated Captain Carrington Catalogue centre coefficient comparison computed correction crater dark determined diameter direction disk distance Donati's Comet eclipse edge elements envelope ephemeris epoch equations equatoreal error exhibited Geminus Greenwich instrument Jupiter l'éclipse l'équation l'on latitude length light longitude luminous lunar Lune magnitude Mean Solar measures Memoirs meridian Minor Planets mirror Monthly Notices moon moon's limb mouvement Nautical Almanac nearly Norman Pogson nucleus object-glass obtained occultation October orbit paper perihelion phenomena polar position present Prof Professor proper motions rays réfractions remarkable right ascensions ring Royal Observatory Saturn séculaire seen Sept Sheepshanks side Society solar spots standard stars sun's surface T. W. Webb tail telescope theory tion Variable Star visible volume