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A. M. W. Downing appear April Astronomer Royal Auriga bright Cape Catalogue centre chromosphere comet corona crater Cygni dark Decl deduced determination diameter distance double stars drawings dynamo eclipse enlarged ephemeris equation equatorial error expedition exposure faint Flamsteed focal length Gill give Greenwich heliometer Herschel instruments interesting July June Jupiter latitude Lick Observatory light longitude lunar magnitude March Mars Maunder mean measures meridian meteorological meteors method Moon nebula object object-glass observations obtained orbit paper parallax period photographs planet plates position present President Prof proper motion published radiant Ranyard referred refraction refractor remarks Right Ascension Royal Observatory S. W. Burnham satellite seen Sept Society solar spectroscope spectrum spot streaks Struve Swift taken telescope temperature theory Turner variable stars visible
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