Popular Astronomy, Volume 56Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1948 |
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... Stebbins ' discovery of a continuous variation in the brightness of Algol between two principal minima which in the words of the author made this star a distant relative of B Lyrae . However , while in the latter maximum brilliancy ...
... Stebbins ' discovery of a continuous variation in the brightness of Algol between two principal minima which in the words of the author made this star a distant relative of B Lyrae . However , while in the latter maximum brilliancy ...
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... Stebbins has gone fifteen magnitudes fainter , and those who heard Dr. Whitford's talk this afternoon realize that a new and funda- mental problem has been opened up by the ingenuity and perseverance of the Washburn observers . I could ...
... Stebbins has gone fifteen magnitudes fainter , and those who heard Dr. Whitford's talk this afternoon realize that a new and funda- mental problem has been opened up by the ingenuity and perseverance of the Washburn observers . I could ...
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... Stebbins exploited the selenium . photometer by measuring the light curves of variable stars and the moon and observing the brightness of Halley's comet . It was during this period that he made a very valuable contribution to ...
... Stebbins exploited the selenium . photometer by measuring the light curves of variable stars and the moon and observing the brightness of Halley's comet . It was during this period that he made a very valuable contribution to ...
Contents
FEBRUARY 1948 | 144 |
The Planets in March 1948 Raymond H Wilson Jr 36 97 | 176 |
THE PLANETARY THEORY OF NEWTON A PANNEKOEK | 177 |
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