Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 9Astronomical Society of the Pacific., 1897 |
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Page 42
... morning of January 15th , as the spot was on the very edge of the Sun's disc . In the original negative a faint trace of the nucleus can be seen in the midst of the penumbra . The appearance of indentation is inter- FIG . 2 . FIG . I ...
... morning of January 15th , as the spot was on the very edge of the Sun's disc . In the original negative a faint trace of the nucleus can be seen in the midst of the penumbra . The appearance of indentation is inter- FIG . 2 . FIG . I ...
Page 43
... morning , was but little understood . And afterward his highness was * One hundred and twenty - six years after the death of COPERNICUS . present at different questions which were propounded for disputa- tion Astronomical Society of the ...
... morning , was but little understood . And afterward his highness was * One hundred and twenty - six years after the death of COPERNICUS . present at different questions which were propounded for disputa- tion Astronomical Society of the ...
Page 70
... , and during the first ten days of the month is in very good position for observation , not setting until nearly two hours after sunset on May 1st . Venus is now a morning star , having passed inferior 70 Publications of the.
... , and during the first ten days of the month is in very good position for observation , not setting until nearly two hours after sunset on May 1st . Venus is now a morning star , having passed inferior 70 Publications of the.
Page 71
... morning of May 25th , it passes just south of the fifth magnitude star ʼn Cancri , the nearest distance being only two minutes , but this is while they are below our horizon . During the closing days of the month it passes through the ...
... morning of May 25th , it passes just south of the fifth magnitude star ʼn Cancri , the nearest distance being only two minutes , but this is while they are below our horizon . During the closing days of the month it passes through the ...
Page 72
... morning star , and is rapidly increasing its dis- tance from the Sun , so that by the end of the month it has nearly reached greatest west elongation . It reaches its maximum bright- ness early in the month , and during most of the ...
... morning star , and is rapidly increasing its dis- tance from the Sun , so that by the end of the month it has nearly reached greatest west elongation . It reaches its maximum bright- ness early in the month , and during most of the ...
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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