The Observatory, Volume 34Editors of the Observatory, 1911 - Astronomy Some vols. for 1886- include a special issue: Annual companion to the Observatory. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 9
... course in South - east Australia , where a Partial Eclipse will be visible soon after sunrise . It traverses the Pacific Ocean in a north - easterly direction , crossing the Equator at 154 ° Longitude West of Greenwich and ends its course ...
... course in South - east Australia , where a Partial Eclipse will be visible soon after sunrise . It traverses the Pacific Ocean in a north - easterly direction , crossing the Equator at 154 ° Longitude West of Greenwich and ends its course ...
Page 32
... course , be the time of central transit . The President . Are not such observations mixed up with the effects of phase ? Mr. Maw . The time of transit obtained as described is , of course , that of the transit over the centre of the ...
... course , be the time of central transit . The President . Are not such observations mixed up with the effects of phase ? Mr. Maw . The time of transit obtained as described is , of course , that of the transit over the centre of the ...
Page 33
... course of this work you have to get the distance from the Earth graphically by the inter- section of two curves that he gives . Airy says nothing about double solutions ; but in working out some examples and tracing these curves I saw ...
... course of this work you have to get the distance from the Earth graphically by the inter- section of two curves that he gives . Airy says nothing about double solutions ; but in working out some examples and tracing these curves I saw ...
Page 35
... course , seems an enormous quantity to people accustomed to the accuracy of the scale of the Astrographic Chart , but to con- vert it into similar linear units you ought to divide by 11 ; instead of being 120 " it would be about 11 ...
... course , seems an enormous quantity to people accustomed to the accuracy of the scale of the Astrographic Chart , but to con- vert it into similar linear units you ought to divide by 11 ; instead of being 120 " it would be about 11 ...
Page 36
... course , are only on a 1 / 11th scale , and to get proper motions you would have to wait eleven times as long ; and as many proper motions require a century to develop , it is obviously not a good scale for discussing proper motions ...
... course , are only on a 1 / 11th scale , and to get proper motions you would have to wait eleven times as long ; and as many proper motions require a century to develop , it is obviously not a good scale for discussing proper motions ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
æther appeared April astro Astronomer Royal bright British Astronomical Association Cambridge Catalogue centre Crommelin David Gill determined diameter distance double stars Earth eclipse ephemeris equatorial error Greenwich Group Halley's Comet Herschel Hinks instrument interesting July June Jupiter latitude lines longitude lunar magnitude March Maunder mean measures Meeting meridian meteors method month Moon Moon's Mount Wilson nebulæ Newall Nova observations Observatory obtained orbit paper parallax perihelion period photographic photographic magnitudes planets plates position present President probably Prof proper motions proposed reference remarks rotation Royal Astronomical Society Royal Observatory S. W. Burnham satellites Saturn seems Sept Sir David Gill Slow small spots solar South spectra spectroscopic spectrum stellar streaks suggested sun-spot Sun's Swift taken telescope theory tude Turner variable stars velocity visible XXXIV ΙΟ
Popular passages
Page 299 - Some say, he bid his angels turn askance The poles of earth, twice ten degrees and more, From the sun's axle: they with labour push'd Oblique the centric globe.
Page 298 - And ye five other wand'ring fires that move . In mystic dance, not without song, resound His praise, who out of darkness call'd up light Air, and ye elements...
Page 334 - Is now the labour of my thoughts ; 'tis likeliest They had engaged their wandering steps too far ; And envious darkness, ere they could return, Had stole them from me : else, O thievish night, Why shouldst thou, but for some felonious end, In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars, That nature hung in heaven, and...
Page 330 - The star that bids the shepherd fold Now the top of heaven doth hold ; And the gilded car of day His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream ; And the slope sun his upward beam Shoots against the dusky pole ; Pacing toward the other goal Of his chamber in the east.
Page 325 - Modern discoveries have not been made by large collections of facts, with subsequent discussion, separation, and resulting deduction of a truth thus rendered perceptible. A few facts have suggested an hypothesis, which means a supposition, proper to explain them. The necessary results of this supposition are worked out, and then, and not till then, other facts are examined to see if these ulterior results are found in nature.
Page 333 - And all the rule, one empire; only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable; add faith, Add virtue, patience, temperance; add love, By name to come...
Page 164 - The fourth conference of the International Union for Cooperation in Solar Research was held at the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory, August 31 to September 2, 1910.
Page 258 - Sampson took part, followed, and on the motion of the President a vote of thanks was accorded to Prof.
Page 334 - To God's eternal house direct the way A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold, And pavement stars...
Page 298 - Round he surveys, and well might, where he stood So high above the circling canopy Of night's extended shade, from eastern point Of Libra to the fleecy star that bears Andromeda far off Atlantic seas. Beyond the horizon...