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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... position of the companion of a Centauri . He showed a diagram giving the positions of the companion star as observed during the last 50 years . From this it appeared that the small star had been last year at or near its periastre . and ...
... position of the companion of a Centauri . He showed a diagram giving the positions of the companion star as observed during the last 50 years . From this it appeared that the small star had been last year at or near its periastre . and ...
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... position in space of the earlier remote parts of its path from which it came , was some- where along its apparent path prolonged backwards not very far behind the point where it first appeared ; and as when carried back 20 ° it passes ...
... position in space of the earlier remote parts of its path from which it came , was some- where along its apparent path prolonged backwards not very far behind the point where it first appeared ; and as when carried back 20 ° it passes ...
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... position between a and 9 Geminorum , at R.A , 107 ° , Dec. + 351 ° , a few , however , radiating from near Pollux . In appearance they were generally quick , short , and white without trains or streaks ; except in the case of the larger ...
... position between a and 9 Geminorum , at R.A , 107 ° , Dec. + 351 ° , a few , however , radiating from near Pollux . In appearance they were generally quick , short , and white without trains or streaks ; except in the case of the larger ...
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... position , viz , 123 ° + 45 ° , and 137 ° + 63 ° ( 9 meteors ) , and they make up a fine group giving very similar meteors , rapid and white , often leaving persistent streaks marking their courses and reminding one of the Leonids ...
... position , viz , 123 ° + 45 ° , and 137 ° + 63 ° ( 9 meteors ) , and they make up a fine group giving very similar meteors , rapid and white , often leaving persistent streaks marking their courses and reminding one of the Leonids ...
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... positions XXX . of the two wide bays [ formerly mentioned ] . I am of opinion that the general surface north of the Arrow ... position of the dotted lines in my sketch , thus giving the appearance of two wide bays when seen under a very ...
... positions XXX . of the two wide bays [ formerly mentioned ] . I am of opinion that the general surface north of the Arrow ... position of the dotted lines in my sketch , thus giving the appearance of two wide bays when seen under a very ...
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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