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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... present moment prepared to speak upon this point . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr. Dunkin : We will now go back again to the transit of Venus . I have a paper by Mr. Stone , of the Cape of Good Hope . It is a very long paper , and it will only be ...
... present moment prepared to speak upon this point . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr. Dunkin : We will now go back again to the transit of Venus . I have a paper by Mr. Stone , of the Cape of Good Hope . It is a very long paper , and it will only be ...
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... present time of the 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 ...
... present time of the 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 ...
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... 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 from the truth ; and 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 from the truth ; and the ...
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... present time . Ninety - six " Geminids " were seen in about 13 hours ' watching , from the 4th to the 12th of this month , almost all radiating from a marked position between a and 9 Geminorum , at R.A , 107 ° , Dec. + 351 ° , a few ...
... present time . Ninety - six " Geminids " were seen in about 13 hours ' watching , from the 4th to the 12th of this month , almost all radiating from a marked position between a and 9 Geminorum , at R.A , 107 ° , Dec. + 351 ° , a few ...
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... present is the time at which according to our bye - laws it is necessary to appoint Auditors to examine the accounts of the Society . It would be more satisfactory if instead of names being suggested from the table the names of three ...
... present is the time at which according to our bye - laws it is necessary to appoint Auditors to examine the accounts of the Society . It would be more satisfactory if instead of names being suggested from the table the names of three ...
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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