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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... sun's light by reflection at the lunar surface : I am not at the 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 ...
... sun's light by reflection at the lunar surface : I am not at the 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 ...
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... Sun's Meridian Passage 9 180 Thur 18 Iom . 49'928 . after Mean Noon 9 14'I Fri 19 9 10'2 Sat 20 2nd Ec . D. 18 6 55 9 62 Sun 21 21 Neptune at quadrature with Sun Mon 22 3 53 â–· Moon's First Quarter Tues 23 Wed 24 4 53 Occultation of ...
... Sun's Meridian Passage 9 180 Thur 18 Iom . 49'928 . after Mean Noon 9 14'I Fri 19 9 10'2 Sat 20 2nd Ec . D. 18 6 55 9 62 Sun 21 21 Neptune at quadrature with Sun Mon 22 3 53 â–· Moon's First Quarter Tues 23 Wed 24 4 53 Occultation of ...
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... sun's centre coincides with the centre of the field , the allowance to be made for this distortion is troublesome . But when the centre of the sun's image does not coincide with the centre of the field the calculations neces- sary to ...
... sun's centre coincides with the centre of the field , the allowance to be made for this distortion is troublesome . But when the centre of the sun's image does not coincide with the centre of the field the calculations neces- sary to ...
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... sun's disc , surpassing in brilliancy the direct light of the sun . There are perhaps theoretical objec- tions to the planet's surface being in a state of fusion , but at all events it may have so existed , and it is not unreasonable to ...
... sun's disc , surpassing in brilliancy the direct light of the sun . There are perhaps theoretical objec- tions to the planet's surface being in a state of fusion , but at all events it may have so existed , and it is not unreasonable to ...
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... sun's disc , a very brilliant ring of light has been seen around the dark limb of Venus which is furthest from the sun . And again , when the planet is seen projected upon the disc , the photospheric light immediately around the dark ...
... sun's disc , a very brilliant ring of light has been seen around the dark limb of Venus which is furthest from the sun . And again , when the planet is seen projected upon the disc , the photospheric light immediately around the dark ...
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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