Popular Astronomy, Volume 59Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1951 |
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... Telescope The above caption prefaces an article in an old magazine dated January , 1857 , relating to some lines composed by Sir John Herschel in 1839 , commemorating the great telescope with the aid of which his father had contributed ...
... Telescope The above caption prefaces an article in an old magazine dated January , 1857 , relating to some lines composed by Sir John Herschel in 1839 , commemorating the great telescope with the aid of which his father had contributed ...
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... telescope . One is to record the magnitude of the meteor as seen in the telescope as that of a star of the same apparent magnitude . as seen with the naked eye . This procedure makes the faintest magni- tudęs ordinarily seen with any ...
... telescope . One is to record the magnitude of the meteor as seen in the telescope as that of a star of the same apparent magnitude . as seen with the naked eye . This procedure makes the faintest magni- tudęs ordinarily seen with any ...
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... telescope , and has found these highly satisfactory , not only in solving the problem of focussing range but in width and flatness of field , and in sharpness of detail as well . These eyepieces give this telescope a magnification range ...
... telescope , and has found these highly satisfactory , not only in solving the problem of focussing range but in width and flatness of field , and in sharpness of detail as well . These eyepieces give this telescope a magnification range ...
Contents
JOHN LESLIE COMRIE 18931950 CHARLES H SMILEY | 115 |
LONGFOCUS PHOTOGRAPHIC ASTROMETRY CONTINUED | 129 |
GALILEO THE ASTRONOMER GEORGIO ABETTI | 138 |
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