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Elements of astronomy: accompanied with numerous illustrations, a colored representation of the solar, stellar, and nebular spectra, and celestial charts of the northern and the southern hemisphere (1875)

Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 259

An illustration from Elements of astronomy: accompanied with numerous illustrations, a colored representation of the solar, stellar, and nebular spectra, and celestial charts of the northern and the southern hemisphere, 1875, leaf 259
on from both points, and hasno parallax. At S its parallax is 08 0, and at H it is Suns position in the ecliptic ? In what, therefore, will the aherration-place of astar lie ? 454. Why do observations made at different parts of the Earths surfacehave to be corrected to what they would be if made… … Fig. 101.—Parallax. OHO, which is greaterthan OS C or the anglethat would be formedat any point between Sand IT. As shown by the9 dotted prolongations ofthe lines OS, CS, abody seen from 0 wouldappear farther from Zthan if seen from C;hence, to obtain the truezenith-distance, we mustsubtract the…

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