Popular Astronomy, Volume 53Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1945 |
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... continued to measure and correct for these quantities , but those few astronomers who continued trying to unlock the riddle of why personal error existed were regarded as mere amateurs by the sage professionals . These professional ...
... continued to measure and correct for these quantities , but those few astronomers who continued trying to unlock the riddle of why personal error existed were regarded as mere amateurs by the sage professionals . These professional ...
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... continued the tradition of the royal stars in his popular books on astronomy . " Aldebaran of the Bull , Antares of the Scorpion , Regulus of the Lion , and Fomalhaut of the Southern Fish divide the sky into four almost equal parts ...
... continued the tradition of the royal stars in his popular books on astronomy . " Aldebaran of the Bull , Antares of the Scorpion , Regulus of the Lion , and Fomalhaut of the Southern Fish divide the sky into four almost equal parts ...
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... continued cooperation with the Navy , Coast Guard , Merchant Marine , and Army navigation schools with emphasis on navigational techniques and the development of navigation as a science . Popularization of the public lectures in ...
... continued cooperation with the Navy , Coast Guard , Merchant Marine , and Army navigation schools with emphasis on navigational techniques and the development of navigation as a science . Popularization of the public lectures in ...
Contents
THE VARIATION IN THE CALENDAR TIME OF THE EQUINOX | 103 |
PERSONAL EQUATION IN ASTRONOMY RAYNOR L DUNCOMBE | 110 |
THE AMPLEMENT AND THE COAMPLEMENT OF AN ANGLE | 121 |
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absorption aerolite angle angular appear April Astronomical Society B.Taur bisection error bright calendar century Cepheids clock clouds color comet computed constellation coördinate corona craters cycle Cygni dark nebulae diameter distance earth Easter intervals eclipse emission epact Ephemeris equinox Figure fireball full moon galactic given golden number Greenwich Jupiter km/sec latitude light curves lines lunar magnitude March Mars maximum mean Mercury meridian meteor meteorite method micrometer miles minimum motion nebulae noted nova object observations Observatory OCCULTATIONS VISIBLE orbit parsecs path perihelion period personal equation personal error photographic planets position precessional action region reports right ascension rotation satellite Saturn solar spectra spectral type spectrum SS Cygni stellar sun-spot surface Table Tauri stars telescope temperature tion transit circle U.S. Naval Observatory University Uranus Variable Star variation velocity Venus VISIBLE IN LONGITUDE zenith