Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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Page 61
... declination to 81 ° . It was considered impossible to continue the observations in zones beyond this point , on account of the extremely slow movement of the stars , and recourse was had to the first issue of Mr. Carrington's Charts ...
... declination to 81 ° . It was considered impossible to continue the observations in zones beyond this point , on account of the extremely slow movement of the stars , and recourse was had to the first issue of Mr. Carrington's Charts ...
Page 67
... declination as the season advances . If continuous observa- tions were possible for a few hours each day , when the altitude of the sun ranged between 15 ° and 45 ° , we might expect to see the projection of the equalised observations ...
... declination as the season advances . If continuous observa- tions were possible for a few hours each day , when the altitude of the sun ranged between 15 ° and 45 ° , we might expect to see the projection of the equalised observations ...
Page 79
... declination , and of the Sun's motion in right ascension . And , these numbers being prepared , it is evident that we have elements which correspond very closely with facts that may be observed , the elements being essentially based on ...
... declination , and of the Sun's motion in right ascension . And , these numbers being prepared , it is evident that we have elements which correspond very closely with facts that may be observed , the elements being essentially based on ...
Page 124
... declination axis of his large Equatoreal , and is for the present under the charge of his photographic assistant , Mr. Reynolds . Several drawings of Comet II . 1861 , have been made , but all attempts at photographing it completely ...
... declination axis of his large Equatoreal , and is for the present under the charge of his photographic assistant , Mr. Reynolds . Several drawings of Comet II . 1861 , have been made , but all attempts at photographing it completely ...
Page 127
... Declinations of Fundamental Stars observed at the Radcliffe Observatory , com- pared with the Tabula Reductionum . M. Wolfers . Variations in the Light of ʼn Argus . Mr. Powell . On an Observed Minimum of R Vulpecula . Mr. Knott . Note ...
... Declinations of Fundamental Stars observed at the Radcliffe Observatory , com- pared with the Tabula Reductionum . M. Wolfers . Variations in the Light of ʼn Argus . Mr. Powell . On an Observed Minimum of R Vulpecula . Mr. Knott . Note ...
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2r+g Airy Alhazen Annex appears April Astronomer Royal bright Calculation CAYLEY clock Comet computed corrected crater Decl declination diameter difference distance Ditto ditto edge Ephemeris equations Equatoreal error excentricity eye-piece Greenwich inches aperture instrument July June Jupiter Jupiter's Satellites latitude light limb longitude Lunar m² e m² n² Mars Mean Solar measures Memoir meridian Minor Planets Monthly Notices Moon Moon's Mean Motion N.P.D. from Observation Nautical Almanac nearly Nebula nucleus Number of Observations obtained Occultation orbit parallax perihelion photographs Prof R.A. from Observation Radcliffe Catalogue radiation Right Ascension ring Royal Observatory Saturn Secular Acceleration shadow Sirius Small Planets Society Solar Eclipse soleil stars Struve Sun's disk surface T. W. Webb taches telescope term thermometer tion Transit of Mercury Ursa Variable Variable Stars W. R. Dawes Weisse