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XIII.—Tables for facilitating the Computation of Differential Refraction in Position Angle and Distance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2012

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Extract

The annexed tables are intended to facilitate the computation of the corrections for refraction which have to be applied to differential measures, such as are made with the micrometer or heliometer.

Differential measures are of two kinds :—(1) Direct measures of differences of right ascension and declination; and (2) measures of position angle and distance. In either case the observer only seeks to determine the relative positions of the objects under observation; and the correction for refraction consists in the applying to each reading a quantity representing the difference of the separate effects of refraction on the apparent places of the two stars, whose relative positions are to be determined.

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Research Article
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , April 1888 , pp. 279 - 308
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1888

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