Popular Astronomy, Volume 50Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1942 |
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... maximum halt and the maximum , or as a peculiar nova - like object related to Z Andromedae . Its brightest observed magnitude was 11.4 , and it probably did not get much brighter . Cepheids indicate a modulus , m - M , of 17.3 for the ...
... maximum halt and the maximum , or as a peculiar nova - like object related to Z Andromedae . Its brightest observed magnitude was 11.4 , and it probably did not get much brighter . Cepheids indicate a modulus , m - M , of 17.3 for the ...
Page 535
... ( maximum to maximum ) do not show any special statistical distribution.1 With the exception of certain well - known cases , the same result was found to apply to 19 other long - period stars , in two subsequent papers by Plakidis ...
... ( maximum to maximum ) do not show any special statistical distribution.1 With the exception of certain well - known cases , the same result was found to apply to 19 other long - period stars , in two subsequent papers by Plakidis ...
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... maximum light , the times being estimated to the nearest 5 days from the observed shape of the curve at maximum . These estimated times were adopted because it was desirable to have each stated time of maxi- mum actually coincide ...
... maximum light , the times being estimated to the nearest 5 days from the observed shape of the curve at maximum . These estimated times were adopted because it was desirable to have each stated time of maxi- mum actually coincide ...
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Bolide observed A bright 451 | 114 |
STELLAR DISTANCES FREDERICK SLOCUM | 117 |
METEORITIC FOSSILS BEN HUR WILSON | 125 |
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