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... VELOCITY - CURVES OF 7 AQUILE 114 SPECTRUM OF O CETI NEAR MAXIMUM OF 1897 120 SPECTRUM OF NOVA AURIGÆ . 133 DISTANCE AND POSITION - ANGLE OF A DOUBLE STAR 155 APPARENT ORBIT OF α CENTAURI . 162 RADIAL MOTION OF A BINARY SYSTEM 166 THE ...
... VELOCITY - CURVES OF 7 AQUILE 114 SPECTRUM OF O CETI NEAR MAXIMUM OF 1897 120 SPECTRUM OF NOVA AURIGÆ . 133 DISTANCE AND POSITION - ANGLE OF A DOUBLE STAR 155 APPARENT ORBIT OF α CENTAURI . 162 RADIAL MOTION OF A BINARY SYSTEM 166 THE ...
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... velocity with which stars are moving to or from us . This is ef- fected by means of the spectroscope through a comparison of the position of the spectral lines produced by the absorption of any sub- stance in the atmosphere of the star ...
... velocity with which stars are moving to or from us . This is ef- fected by means of the spectroscope through a comparison of the position of the spectral lines produced by the absorption of any sub- stance in the atmosphere of the star ...
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... velocity of more than 186,000 miles a second . Each spectral line produced by a chemical element shows that that element , when in- candescent , beats the ether a certain number of times in a second . These beats are transmitted as ...
... velocity of more than 186,000 miles a second . Each spectral line produced by a chemical element shows that that element , when in- candescent , beats the ether a certain number of times in a second . These beats are transmitted as ...
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... the star spectrum , the two lines would correspond in position . The minute difference found on the photographic plate is the measure of the velocity of the star in the line of sight called its RADIAL MOTIONS OF THE STARS 83.
... the star spectrum , the two lines would correspond in position . The minute difference found on the photographic plate is the measure of the velocity of the star in the line of sight called its RADIAL MOTIONS OF THE STARS 83.
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... velocity equal to that of the solar motion . Assuming the centre of mass of all the stars observed to be at rest , we should get the solar motion from the mean of all . In the investiga- tion just referred to , Campbell has derived the ...
... velocity equal to that of the solar motion . Assuming the centre of mass of all the stars observed to be at rest , we should get the solar motion from the mean of all . In the investiga- tion just referred to , Campbell has derived the ...
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actual Algol apical motion appear astronomers average Beta Lyræ binary systems body bright lines brighter stars brightest brilliancy catalogue celestial sphere centre century chapter cluster colour components conclusion constellation dark lines density determined direction distance double stars earth eclipses emitted equal Eta Aquila fact faint fainter follows galaxy greater Harvard Observatory heavens Herschel hydrogen hydrogen lines increase Kapteyn latter less LICK OBSERVATORY limit lucid stars mass measured Milky naked eye nearly nebula number of stars observations Observatory orbit Orion parallactic motion parallax period photographic Pickering planet plates position proper motion question R. A. Dec radial motion radius ratio remarkable revolving round right ascension seems seen Sirius sixth magnitude solar apex solar motion space spectra spectroscope spectroscopic binary spectrum square degrees star-density stellar supposed surface telescope temperature tion tude variable stars variation velocity visible wave-length zone
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Page 264 - To God's eternal house direct the way ; A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold, And pavement stars, as stars to thee appear, Seen in the galaxy, that milky way Which nightly, as a circling zone, thou seest Powder'd with stars.
Page 38 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Page 286 - How charming is divine Philosophy ! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 28 - Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : now glowed the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw.
Page 226 - Tis ours to trace him only in our own. He, who thro' vast immensity can pierce, See worlds on worlds compose one universe, Observe how system into system runs, What other planets circle other suns, What vary'd Being peoples ev'ry star, May tell why Heav'n has made us as we are.
Page 123 - It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once in a century ; — But better far it is to speak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men...
Page 178 - There is one phenomenon among the fixed stars worthy of mention which, so far as I know, has hitherto been noticed by no one, and indeed cannot be well observed except with large telescopes. In the sword of Orion are three stars quite close together. In 1656, as I chanced to be viewing the middle one of these with the telescope, instead of a single star, twelve showed themselves (a not uncommon circumstance). Three of these almost touched each other, and, with four others, shone through a nebula,...
Page 56 - Almighty's mysteries to read In the large volumes of the skies. For the bright firmament Shoots forth no flame So silent, but is eloquent In speaking the Creator's name. No unregarded star Contracts its light Into so small a character, Removed far from our human sight, But if we steadfast look, We shall discern In it, as in some holy book, How man may heavenly knowledge learn.