Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York, H. Holt · leaf 121
erstand this motion. 102 ASTRONOMY. suppose that on March 19th, 1879, the sun had beenobserved with a meridian circle and a sidereal clock at themoment of transit over the meridian of Washington. Itsposition would have been found to be this : Eight Ascension, 23h 55ra 23s ; Declination, 0° 30… … Fig. 44.—the sun crossing the equator. If we lay these positions down on a chart, we shall findthem to be as in Fig. 44, the centre of the sun beingsouth of the equator in the first two positions, and northof it in the last two. Joining the successive positions bya line, we shall have a small…
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