The Observatory, Volume 33Editors of the Observatory, 1910 Some vols. for 1886- include a special issue: Annual companion to the Observatory. |
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A. C. D. Crommelin aperture appeared April Area Astronomer Royal August Barlow lens bright British Astronomical Association catalogue centre Crommelin d h d h d h David Gill determined direction distance double stars E. W. Maunder Earth eclipse ephemeris Evershed fact Greenwich Group Halley Halley's Comet Herc Hinks Huggins interesting July June Jupiter latitude light longitude Lowell magnitude Mars Maunder mean measures Meeting meridian meteor month Moon night November nucleus object observations Observatory orbit paper perihelion period photographs planet plate Pole present President Prof proper motions refractor remarkable right ascensions rotation Royal Astronomical Society satellites seems seen Sept September Sir David Gill small spots solar spectra spectroscopic spectrum Spot-Groups stream Sun-spots Sun's tail telescope Variable Stars velocity Venus visible XXXIII
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