Astronomical Register: A Medium of Communication for Amateur Observers and All Others Interested in the Science of Astronomy, Volumes 15-16J. D. Potter., 1878 - Astronomy |
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... Errors of the Heliometer , 86 109 The Opposition of Mars , 1877 , Melpomene , 1877 , 139 The Solar Parallax , 162 , 310 Gledhill , on a Brilliant Meteor , 333 on Halos seen in 1876 , 123 on Observing Nights in 1876 , 123 ΙΟΙ on the ...
... Errors of the Heliometer , 86 109 The Opposition of Mars , 1877 , Melpomene , 1877 , 139 The Solar Parallax , 162 , 310 Gledhill , on a Brilliant Meteor , 333 on Halos seen in 1876 , 123 on Observing Nights in 1876 , 123 ΙΟΙ on the ...
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... error in the tabular place of Venus on December 8th , 1874. Mr. Dunkin said that it would be remembered that in a late number in the Monthly Notices there was a short paper by Col. Tennant giving the errors of right ascension and north ...
... error in the tabular place of Venus on December 8th , 1874. Mr. Dunkin said that it would be remembered that in a late number in the Monthly Notices there was a short paper by Col. Tennant giving the errors of right ascension and north ...
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... error of 24 sec . on the observed duration of the transit . 6. In order to secure the solar parallax to within th of a sec . it is sufficient that the error in the duration of time should not exceed five secs . of time . A 100 small ...
... error of 24 sec . on the observed duration of the transit . 6. In order to secure the solar parallax to within th of a sec . it is sufficient that the error in the duration of time should not exceed five secs . of time . A 100 small ...
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... error of the actual observations of the transit , because what is seen in the actual transit is a very different thing from what is seen in the model . All the principal nations that have sent out expeditions have used models somewhat ...
... error of the actual observations of the transit , because what is seen in the actual transit is a very different thing from what is seen in the model . All the principal nations that have sent out expeditions have used models somewhat ...
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... error is inconsiderable if we suppose the Sun and Venus to be circular , and let ( x — p ' ) 2 + ( y — q ' ) 2 — v 2 = 0 be the equation to the circular outline of the Sun , by a similar process to the above we obtain the co - ordinates ...
... error is inconsiderable if we suppose the Sun and Venus to be circular , and let ( x — p ' ) 2 + ( y — q ' ) 2 — v 2 = 0 be the equation to the circular outline of the Sun , by a similar process to the above we obtain the co - ordinates ...
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1st Oc 1st Sh 1st Tr 2nd Oc 2nd Sh 2nd Tr angle aperture appear Ascension Astronomer-Royal Astronomical Register atmosphere bright lines Bye-laws catalogue centre Christie clouds comet Conjunction of Moon corona corresponding Council crater dark diameter Dione disc distance double stars Dunkin eclipse Editor Encel equatorial error Greenwich heliometer Hyginus inches inner satellite instrument Jupiter Jupiter's Satellites light limb longitude Lord Lindsay lunar Mars Mean Noon measures meeting Mercury meteors miles Mimas minor planet moon's motion Neison object observations Occultation orbit paper parallax photographs planet position present prism Proctor Prof Professor proper motions Ranyard Reappearance of ditto remarks Rhea right ascension ring Royal Astronomical Society Royal Observatory Saturn Schröter seen Sidereal slit spectroscope specular reflection spot surface telescope Tethys theory Thur tion transit of Mercury transit of Venus Tues visible