Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York : H. Holt and company · leaf 123
ion. To understand this motion, 103 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, 23 55 23^ ; Declination, 0°… … Fig. 44.—the sun crossing the bqtjatob. 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 nortliof it in the last two. Joining the successive positions bya line, we shall have a small…
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