Popular Astronomy, Volume 50Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1942 |
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... galactic longitudes of the star and of the galactic center , respectively . Since our novae are all close to the galactic equator , there is no factor to take account of galactic latitude . From the above formula we may compute r , the ...
... galactic longitudes of the star and of the galactic center , respectively . Since our novae are all close to the galactic equator , there is no factor to take account of galactic latitude . From the above formula we may compute r , the ...
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... galactic dip " of the novae , the clustering of these objects in Sagittarius , and comparisons of their distribution and bright- ness with those of B and O stars . The luminosities determined by Lund- mark ranged from 5.4 to 6.8 , with ...
... galactic dip " of the novae , the clustering of these objects in Sagittarius , and comparisons of their distribution and bright- ness with those of B and O stars . The luminosities determined by Lund- mark ranged from 5.4 to 6.8 , with ...
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... galactic center and opposite that point in the sky toward which the stars in the neighborhood of the sun are approaching in their galactic orbits . Here the pre- ferential motion is in the same direction as that of the stars in general ...
... galactic center and opposite that point in the sky toward which the stars in the neighborhood of the sun are approaching in their galactic orbits . Here the pre- ferential motion is in the same direction as that of the stars in general ...
Contents
Bolide observed A bright 451 | 114 |
STELLAR DISTANCES FREDERICK SLOCUM | 117 |
METEORITIC FOSSILS BEN HUR WILSON | 125 |
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