Time's TelescopeSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1834 - Almanacs, English |
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... present year will occur about the 11th March , 7th July , and 2d of November , when this planet will appear as an evening star ; and about 25th April , 22d August , and 11th December , when it will be visible as a morning star . The ...
... present year will occur about the 11th March , 7th July , and 2d of November , when this planet will appear as an evening star ; and about 25th April , 22d August , and 11th December , when it will be visible as a morning star . The ...
Page 160
... present time . Pound's observation is as follows : - " 1718 , March 25th . The direction of the double star Castor was parallel to a line through Pollux , which left k to the westward as also g tending to near the mid- dle between g and ...
... present time . Pound's observation is as follows : - " 1718 , March 25th . The direction of the double star Castor was parallel to a line through Pollux , which left k to the westward as also g tending to near the mid- dle between g and ...
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... present , the two stars of Castor are within 5 ′′ of each other . Its course is retrograde in an elliptical orbit , of which the major semi - axis is 8 " .0861 and eccentricity 0.75820 , and the period of revolution 252.66 years . It is ...
... present , the two stars of Castor are within 5 ′′ of each other . Its course is retrograde in an elliptical orbit , of which the major semi - axis is 8 " .0861 and eccentricity 0.75820 , and the period of revolution 252.66 years . It is ...
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15th.-Illuminated disc 1st day 2d day 4th day altitude animalcules appearance Aquarii astronomers atmosphere axis beautiful birds bodies Capricorni Cassiopeia centre Cepheus Ceres colour Coma Berenices comet commenced conjunction dark Declination Delphinus diameter DIED difference of latitude distance double star earth eclipse EDWARD BLYTH Emersion feathers FIXED STARS Flamstead flowers fluid Geminorum Greatest and least greatest eastern elongation heaven Herschel horizon Immersion inferior conjunction John Herschel Jupiter least magnitude Leo Minor light MARTYR Mercury Meridian Transit months Moon morning motion nature nest night North Dec observed ox-eye perigee perihelion period PHENOMENA PLANETARUM planet remarkable Right Ascen ring rise round Saturn Second satellite seen semi-diameter shadow solar South Dec species spots sun's sweet Tauri TELESCOPIC OBJECTS thee Third satellite tion tree Uranus Ursa Ursa Major velocity Venus Vesta Virginis visible wing Wormegay young zenith