Howe, Herbert A. (Herbert Alonzo), 1858-1926 · Meadville, Penna., Flood and Vincent · leaf 256
motion, it was hailed as a new minorplanet, observed with diligence, enchained by the toils The old methodof search. Mars and the Asteroids. 249 of mathematics, and finally imprisoned in an astronomi-cal almanac. Nowadays astronomers hunt this sort of game with a The newcamera, which is attached to… … Fig. 118.—Asteroid Trail on a Photograph of the Pleiades. that of a star; since it is in motion with reference to thesurrounding stars, its image on the plate moves, produ-cing a short streak. When the plate is developed theastronomer soon discovers this anomalous mark amongthe other little dots,…
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