Stellar observations, 1743 - 1822
Scope and Contents
Various observations of stars. The volume has been bound incorrectly and the articles are out of sequence. It is chiefly a work on the right ascensions of stars as derived from observations of the star Eta Aquilae.
1. Mural quadrant observations of Arcturus made by James Bradley, 5 May 1743, with other references to that star.
2. A table on the motion of stars, 1750-1790.
3. Right ascension of Pegasus, 1765-1766.
4. Mean right ascensions of stars to 1765.
5. Comparisons of right ascensions of stars with Alpha Aquilae, 1765.
6. Account on how to find the right ascensions of stars.
7. Table on the right ascension of the Sun.
8. Account on how to calculate the necessary corrections to the assumed right ascensions of Alpha Aquilae and other stars.
9. Right ascensions of the stars.
10. Corrected assumed right ascensions of Alpha Aquilae and other stars.
11. Corrected right ascensions of 41 stars.
12. Mean right ascensions of stars used daily, 1765-1770.
13. Mean right ascensions of stars with which the 1769 comet was compared.
14. Mean right ascensions of stars deduced from observations up to 1770.
15. Mean polar distance of stars up to the start of 1770.
16. Stars compared with Alpha Aquilae in 1770.
17. Number of comparisons of stars to Alpha Aquilae, 1765-1772.
18. Corrections to the right ascensions of Alpha Aquilae and other stars, 1771.
19. Stars compared with Alpha Aquilae in 1771.
20. Results of comparisons of stars with Alpha Aquilae, 1784-1785.
21. Catalogue of stars, 1786-1788.
22. Different right ascensions of the Sun, 1783-1784.
23. Temperature readings, 1782-1786.
24. Star positions, 1771.
25. Star corrections by comparison with transits of the Sun, Moon and planets, 1767-1771.
26. Mean right ascension of a star (probably Alpha Aquilae) for 1772 and 1780.
27. Stars compared with Alpha Aquilae, 1779-1781.
28. Places of the stars to the beginning of 1780 from comparisons with Alpha Aquilae.
29. Stars compared with Alpha Aquilae, 1781-1783.
30. Results of comparisons of stars with Alpha Aquilae, 1782-1784.
31. Catalogue of stars, 1782-1784.
32. Corrections to the right ascension of Alpha Aquilae and the other stars, 1782-1783.
33. Stars compared to Alpha Aquilae, 1784-1785.
34. Stars compared to Alpha Aquilae, 1765-1766, with some observations crossed out.
35. Annual proper motions of the stars deduced from right ascensions, 1750-1800.
36. Mean right ascensions of 36 principal stars, 1762-1802
37. Comparison of mean transits of the Moon's limb at each transit telescope wire, 1765-1766.
38. Right ascensions of the stars compared with Alpha Aquilae, 1796-1801.
39. Right ascension of the Sun deduced from zenith distances, 1798-1800.
40. Stars compared with Alpha Aquilae, 1801.
41. Comparison of Beta Virginis and Beta Leonis in right ascension, 1798-1801.
42. Mean right ascension of 2 Alpha Librae, 1798-1801.
43. Position of 2 Alpha Librae, 1790-1797.
44. Sun's right ascension in relation to the stars, 1801-1802.
45. Proper motion of the stars, inferred from the 1766 and 1802 catalogues of stars.
46. Sun's right ascension with the stars, 1803.
47. Comparison of the stars with Alpha Aquilae, 1803-1805.
48. Comparisons of the stars' right ascensions, updated to 1805.
49. Sun's right ascension derived from Alpha Aquilae, 1804-1805.
50. Difference in mean right ascensions of stars between 1756 and 1803.
51. Sun's right ascension as derived from the transits of the stars, 1805-1808.
52. Positions of the major stars, 1806-1807.
53. Differences in the right ascensions of 36 principal stars, 1805-1808.
54. Sun's right ascension, 1753-1760.
55. Stars with which the 1807-1808 comet was compared.
56. Mean right ascensions and zenith distances of the stars with which the comet of 1807-1808 was compared.
57. Stars with which the comet of 1807-1808 was compared.
58. Apparent right ascensions and north polar distances of stars when observed with the comet.
59. Right ascensions of principal stars, 1815-1822.
Dates
- Creation: 1743 - 1822
Creator
- From the Series: Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732 - 1811 (astronomer and mathematician) (Person)
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
A1/317
Finding aid date
2005-11-04 13:57:50+00:00
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