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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Page 17
... increasing speed at last suggests a foreshortened path approaching from a great distance where it was first visible , and where it appeared to be moving very slowly . We may accept this conclusion as probable , as we have no reason to ...
... increasing speed at last suggests a foreshortened path approaching from a great distance where it was first visible , and where it appeared to be moving very slowly . We may accept this conclusion as probable , as we have no reason to ...
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... increasing till the 11th , from which day the interval decreases . Venus rises two hours and half before the sun on the 1st , the interval decreasing to about one hour at the end of the month . Mars rises about four hours before the sun ...
... increasing till the 11th , from which day the interval decreases . Venus rises two hours and half before the sun on the 1st , the interval decreasing to about one hour at the end of the month . Mars rises about four hours before the sun ...
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... increased brightness is to be seen on the sun's disc bordering the limb of the moon . In 1869 still stronger evidence of the actual existence of the bright band was found , for Dr. Curtiss experimented on some of the partial phase ...
... increased brightness is to be seen on the sun's disc bordering the limb of the moon . In 1869 still stronger evidence of the actual existence of the bright band was found , for Dr. Curtiss experimented on some of the partial phase ...
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... increased . " ( To be Continued . ) CORRESPONDENCE . N.B. - We do not hold ourselves answerable for any opinions expressed by our correspondents . To all communications must be annexed the name and address of the sender , as a guarantee ...
... increased . " ( To be Continued . ) CORRESPONDENCE . N.B. - We do not hold ourselves answerable for any opinions expressed by our correspondents . To all communications must be annexed the name and address of the sender , as a guarantee ...
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... 1st , the interval slightly decreasing . Jupiter may be seen in the morning 2h . 40m . before the sun at the beginning of the month , the interval increasing . ASTRONOMICAL OCCURRENCES FOR FEBRUARY , 1877 . DATE . Principal 47.
... 1st , the interval slightly decreasing . Jupiter may be seen in the morning 2h . 40m . before the sun at the beginning of the month , the interval increasing . ASTRONOMICAL OCCURRENCES FOR FEBRUARY , 1877 . DATE . Principal 47.
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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