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... called by Aratus Toikiλos , the many - coloured ; ' and chromatic unsteadiness was a marked peculiarity of the ' new stars ' of 1572 and 1604 . It is easy to see that this effect is in some way due to the atmosphere . Like refraction ...
... called by Aratus Toikiλos , the many - coloured ; ' and chromatic unsteadiness was a marked peculiarity of the ' new stars ' of 1572 and 1604 . It is easy to see that this effect is in some way due to the atmosphere . Like refraction ...
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... called boundless . Using a glass only two and a half inches across , Argelander registered 324,189 down to 9 mag- nitude , all in the northern hemisphere , enlarged by only a very narrow zone ( one degree wide ) of the southern . The ...
... called boundless . Using a glass only two and a half inches across , Argelander registered 324,189 down to 9 mag- nitude , all in the northern hemisphere , enlarged by only a very narrow zone ( one degree wide ) of the southern . The ...
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... called ' nebulæ ' may be con- sidered as wholly of telesco revelation . Only one of them -the famous object in the girdle of Andromeda - can be at all easily seen with the naked eye ; and even that escaped the notice of all the Greek ...
... called ' nebulæ ' may be con- sidered as wholly of telesco revelation . Only one of them -the famous object in the girdle of Andromeda - can be at all easily seen with the naked eye ; and even that escaped the notice of all the Greek ...
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... called upon to play its prompt part as amanuensis to the observer . This detailed and painful struggle against error has alone made sidereal astronomy possible , by precipitating from the mixed solution that held them the minute ...
... called upon to play its prompt part as amanuensis to the observer . This detailed and painful struggle against error has alone made sidereal astronomy possible , by precipitating from the mixed solution that held them the minute ...
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... a very delicate and See the author's Popular History of Astronomy , 2nd edit . p . 175 . 2 Holden , English Mechanic , vol . xlvi . p . 528 . C laborious operation . What is called a comparison - spectrum THE METHODS OF SIDEREAL RESEARCH ...
... a very delicate and See the author's Popular History of Astronomy , 2nd edit . p . 175 . 2 Holden , English Mechanic , vol . xlvi . p . 528 . C laborious operation . What is called a comparison - spectrum THE METHODS OF SIDEREAL RESEARCH ...
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