Popular Astronomy, Volume 50Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1942 |
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Page 47
... position of Venus at the moment of the passage of the meteor , we were able to ascertain that the brilliant phase of the spectacle ended over a point about 213 miles from our position . At this distance , the cor- rection for the ...
... position of Venus at the moment of the passage of the meteor , we were able to ascertain that the brilliant phase of the spectacle ended over a point about 213 miles from our position . At this distance , the cor- rection for the ...
Page 254
... position - or above O - in which case the telescope would tend to keep moving when once started rotating . But the distance between O and C will be in general too small to distinguish between the two cases when the instru- ment points ...
... position - or above O - in which case the telescope would tend to keep moving when once started rotating . But the distance between O and C will be in general too small to distinguish between the two cases when the instru- ment points ...
Page 381
... position for observation this summer , and should be picked up without difficulty with the aid of binoculars . Indeed its maximum brilliance at this apparition , of magnitude 6.1 in July , places it within the range of naked - eye ...
... position for observation this summer , and should be picked up without difficulty with the aid of binoculars . Indeed its maximum brilliance at this apparition , of magnitude 6.1 in July , places it within the range of naked - eye ...
Contents
Bolide observed A bright 451 | 114 |
STELLAR DISTANCES FREDERICK SLOCUM | 117 |
METEORITIC FOSSILS BEN HUR WILSON | 125 |
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