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Contents
Yerkes Observatory | 7 |
ASTRONOMICAL SYSTEMS OF MEASUREMENT | 8 |
Apparent Places of Stars on the Celestial Sphere | 9 |
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accurate altitude angular ascension and declination asteroids astronomical astronomical units atmosphere average axis azimuth calculated celestial equator celestial pole celestial sphere chronometer circle clock comet correction density determined difference direction disk diurnal earth earth's orbit eclipse equal equatorial exactly eyepiece feet focal length force globe gravity Greenwich heavenly bodies horizon hour angle hour-circle inches instrument interval Jupiter latitude light longitude lunar mass mean distance mean solar measured meridian meridian circle meteors methods micrometer miles minutes moon motion moving nearly node noon object object-glass observations Observatory observer's orbit parallax pendulum perihelion period perturbations photograph planet polar position precession radius refraction reticle right ascension ring rotation satellites seen shadow sidereal sidereal period spots star sun-spot sun's synodic synodic month synodic period telescope tion transit usually velocity vernal equinox vertical visible wire Yerkes Observatory zenith distance
Bibliographic information
| Title | Astronomy: A Revision of Young's Manual of Astronomy ... Volume 1 of Astronomy: A Revision of Young's Manual of Astronomy, Henry Norris Russell |
| Authors | Henry Norris Russell, Raymond Smith Dugan, John Quincy Stewart |
| Publisher | Ginn, 1926 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Oct 23, 2007 |
| Length | 932 pages |
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