Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1858 |
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Page 16
... remarkable character , and unlike any which it had hap- pened to me to witness in any previous instance . " Sept. 27 , 8h . A drawing which I took at this time exhi- bited a small fan - shaped centre , the broader part turned from the ...
... remarkable character , and unlike any which it had hap- pened to me to witness in any previous instance . " Sept. 27 , 8h . A drawing which I took at this time exhi- bited a small fan - shaped centre , the broader part turned from the ...
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... remarkable how dis- tinctly and fully the light of the large object - glass brought out the tail , even close to the dazzling disk of that vivid star . To the naked eye there was a remarkable irregularity in the curve of the tail ...
... remarkable how dis- tinctly and fully the light of the large object - glass brought out the tail , even close to the dazzling disk of that vivid star . To the naked eye there was a remarkable irregularity in the curve of the tail ...
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... remarkable phenomenon . The atmosphere pure and clear . A very large spot with an extensive cluster on the sun's south - west quadrant , the whole length of which the day before was computed to be about 75,000 English miles . The ...
... remarkable phenomenon . The atmosphere pure and clear . A very large spot with an extensive cluster on the sun's south - west quadrant , the whole length of which the day before was computed to be about 75,000 English miles . The ...
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... remarkable streaks visible below the southern principal belt since the 27th October last . They were first observed by me at 16h 30m G.M.T. , on Wednesday 27th October ; I have seen them several times since , but not well , till last ...
... remarkable streaks visible below the southern principal belt since the 27th October last . They were first observed by me at 16h 30m G.M.T. , on Wednesday 27th October ; I have seen them several times since , but not well , till last ...
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... remarkable , averaging between the 16th and 21st of November not less than three- fourths of a magnitude per day . The liability of the star to these rapid changes of brightness at its maximum may , probably , be the chief reason why it ...
... remarkable , averaging between the 16th and 21st of November not less than three- fourths of a magnitude per day . The liability of the star to these rapid changes of brightness at its maximum may , probably , be the chief reason why it ...
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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