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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... looked for at least 50. As far as the phenomena of Jupiter's satellites are concerned the smallness in the number of the observations is accounted for by the low decli- nation of Jupiter at the present time , so that it is impossible to ...
... looked for at least 50. As far as the phenomena of Jupiter's satellites are concerned the smallness in the number of the observations is accounted for by the low decli- nation of Jupiter at the present time , so that it is impossible to ...
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... looked for on every over - exposed photograph around every dark object that abuts on a bright field , such a bright band is dis- tinctly to be seen - for example , in the photograph of the Oxford Observatory , which is given as the ...
... looked for on every over - exposed photograph around every dark object that abuts on a bright field , such a bright band is dis- tinctly to be seen - for example , in the photograph of the Oxford Observatory , which is given as the ...
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... looked at the late numbers of the Monthly Notices will find a chart of mine for giving facilities for observations of the parallax of Mars in this coming proximity in 1877. Now , in order to show the value of this opposition in 1877 for ...
... looked at the late numbers of the Monthly Notices will find a chart of mine for giving facilities for observations of the parallax of Mars in this coming proximity in 1877. Now , in order to show the value of this opposition in 1877 for ...
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... looked a deep red , began on the left of D , going from the red , and nearly all the spectrum was given down in the blue and violet . It struck me as remarkable , because the contrast be- tween what one saw with the eye and what one saw ...
... looked a deep red , began on the left of D , going from the red , and nearly all the spectrum was given down in the blue and violet . It struck me as remarkable , because the contrast be- tween what one saw with the eye and what one saw ...
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... looked for them . D'Arrest's comet had been looked for in vain , but two other comets had been found . On the 20th of February Borrelly's comet had been observed at Oxford , and he was glad to report that , owing to a good deal of ...
... looked for them . D'Arrest's comet had been looked for in vain , but two other comets had been found . On the 20th of February Borrelly's comet had been observed at Oxford , and he was glad to report that , owing to a good deal of ...
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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