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Excerpt from The Catalogue of Stars of the British Association for the Advancement of Science: Containing the Mean Right Ascensions and North Polar Distances of Eight Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy-Seven Fixed Stars, Reduced to January 1, 1850
I. The Catalogue of stars, which is known by the name of the Astronomical So ciety's Catalogue (from the circumstance of its having been suggested and con structed by that Society, and printed at their expence) has long been in the hands of astronomers, and its utility has been frequently acknowledged and duly appre ciated. It was constructed Upon a method somewhat different from preceding catalogues, and was moreover accompanied by new tables for facilitating the com putation of precession, aberration and nutation for every star inserted in the cata logue: an arrangement that has been found to be of great assistance and couve nience to the practical astronomer, and has led to a desire to see its principles more fully developed and extended.
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I. The Catalogue of stars, which is known by the name of the Astronomical So ciety's Catalogue (from the circumstance of its having been suggested and con structed by that Society, and printed at their expence) has long been in the hands of astronomers, and its utility has been frequently acknowledged and duly appre ciated. It was constructed Upon a method somewhat different from preceding catalogues, and was moreover accompanied by new tables for facilitating the com putation of precession, aberration and nutation for every star inserted in the cata logue: an arrangement that has been found to be of great assistance and couve nience to the practical astronomer, and has led to a desire to see its principles more fully developed and extended.
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- Publication date2018
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- ISBN 13 9781333484644
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