Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 9Astronomical Society of the Pacific., 1897 |
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... given latitude , and for latitudes differing much from 40 ° they may be several minutes out . 1897 . PHASES OF THE MOON , P. S. T. New Moon , Mar. 3 , First Quarter , Mar. 11 , Full Moon , Mar. 18 , Last Quarter , Mar. 25 , R. A. ...
... given latitude , and for latitudes differing much from 40 ° they may be several minutes out . 1897 . PHASES OF THE MOON , P. S. T. New Moon , Mar. 3 , First Quarter , Mar. 11 , Full Moon , Mar. 18 , Last Quarter , Mar. 25 , R. A. ...
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... given do not closely resemble the aurora . The hypothesis of any peculiar reflection in the upper strata of the atmosphere is more clearly excluded by the following examples of similar phenomena seen in the east after sunset . Captain ...
... given do not closely resemble the aurora . The hypothesis of any peculiar reflection in the upper strata of the atmosphere is more clearly excluded by the following examples of similar phenomena seen in the east after sunset . Captain ...
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... given phase later than a star more remote from it on the sphere . The con- dition of the upper strata of the atmosphere may also seriously affect our results in meteoric astronomy ; for no meteor can be seen until it has traversed a ...
... given phase later than a star more remote from it on the sphere . The con- dition of the upper strata of the atmosphere may also seriously affect our results in meteoric astronomy ; for no meteor can be seen until it has traversed a ...
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... given a gold medal for services to science . The first American to receive this medal was GEORGE PHILLIPS BOND . The medal has been awarded to the following Americans : 1865. GEORGE P. Bond . 1874. SIMON NEWCOMB . 1879. ASAPH HALL ...
... given a gold medal for services to science . The first American to receive this medal was GEORGE PHILLIPS BOND . The medal has been awarded to the following Americans : 1865. GEORGE P. Bond . 1874. SIMON NEWCOMB . 1879. ASAPH HALL ...
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... given the world many of its great observatories , those of the University of Chicago and of the University of Cali- fornia standing pre - eminent in the power of their telescopes . So great , indeed , has become the generosity of those ...
... given the world many of its great observatories , those of the University of Chicago and of the University of Cali- fornia standing pre - eminent in the power of their telescopes . So great , indeed , has become the generosity of those ...
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aperture April Arcturian Astronomical Society Atlas atmosphere August Board of Directors bright BRUCE Medal C. D. PERRINE Capellan carbonic acid catalogue comet Comet-Medal Committee Committee-Messrs constellation December Decl Declination degrees eastward diameter dome eclipse EDWARD equatorial F. R. ZIEL feet Greenwich Hamilton Harvard College Observatory HOLDEN inches instruments interstellar medium January July June Jupiter latitude LEWIS SWIFT Library Lick Observatory longitude magnitude March Mars meeting Mercury meridian Messrs meteor minutes Miss O'HALLORAN MOLERA month Moon morning star motion Mount Hamilton moves nebulæ Neptune November Oakland observations October Pacific penumbra photographic planets plates President prisms Prof Professor proper-motion Publications quantity of carbonic R. G. AITKEN San Francisco Saturn SCHAEBERLE Secretary seen Sept September Shadow touching Sirian solar spectra spectroscope sun-spot telescope tion Transit umbra University Observatory Uranus Venus W. H. S. MONCK WILLIAM ALVORD Yerkes Observatory Yerkes telescope ΙΟ