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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... the Comet , June 30 , 1861 , 68 Path of Mars , 1877 , 156 , 157 Ring of Light round Venus , 30 , 32 Solar Spectroscopy , 209 , 241 , 281 Notices to Correspondents , & c . , & c . The Astronomical Begister . No. 169 . JANUARY . 1877.
... the Comet , June 30 , 1861 , 68 Path of Mars , 1877 , 156 , 157 Ring of Light round Venus , 30 , 32 Solar Spectroscopy , 209 , 241 , 281 Notices to Correspondents , & c . , & c . The Astronomical Begister . No. 169 . JANUARY . 1877.
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... Notices there was a short paper by Col. Tennant giving the errors of right ascension and north polar distance of the tabular place of Venus on the date of the late transit . It appeared that when Col. Tennant received the computations ...
... Notices there was a short paper by Col. Tennant giving the errors of right ascension and north polar distance of the tabular place of Venus on the date of the late transit . It appeared that when Col. Tennant received the computations ...
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... notice of it to his assistant . He has not given his friends a notion of the sort of glass he used , nor can anything be got out of him as to the colour . But why should we not study the different tints of glass in order to be ready for ...
... notice of it to his assistant . He has not given his friends a notion of the sort of glass he used , nor can anything be got out of him as to the colour . But why should we not study the different tints of glass in order to be ready for ...
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... Notices for November , 1872 , it seemed that the southern observers had neglected their splendid opportu- nities , and he applied , therefore , to any of their personal friends who might be present to give their help by exercising a ...
... Notices for November , 1872 , it seemed that the southern observers had neglected their splendid opportu- nities , and he applied , therefore , to any of their personal friends who might be present to give their help by exercising a ...
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... notice a misprint in the present edition , p . 279 , line 26 , where " intermediate " should of course be " indeterminate . " The value of the sun's parallax used in the calcu- lations in this volume is 8 " '94 , which cannot be far ...
... notice a misprint in the present edition , p . 279 , line 26 , where " intermediate " should of course be " indeterminate . " The value of the sun's parallax used in the calcu- lations in this volume is 8 " '94 , which cannot be far ...
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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