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    A Plan for Securing Observations of the Variable Stars
    A Plan for Securing Observations of the Variable Stars
    A Plan for Securing Observations of the Variable Stars
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    A Plan for Securing Observations of the Variable Stars

    By Edward C. (Edward Charles) Pickering

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 25, 2013
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      A Plan for Securing Observations of the Variable Stars - Edward C. (Edward Charles) Pickering

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      Variable Stars, by E. C. Pickering

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      Title: A Plan for Securing Observations of the Variable Stars

      Author: E. C. Pickering

      Release Date: March 19, 2011 [EBook #35613]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SECURING OBSERVATIONS--VARIABLE STARS ***

      Produced by Walter MacDonald II

      A PLAN

      FOR

      SECURING OBSERVATIONS

      OF THE

      VARIABLE STARS.

      BY

      EDWARD C. PICKERING,

      DIRECTOR OF THE HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY.

      CAMBRIDGE:

      JOHN WILSON AND SON.

      University Press

      1882.

      A PLAN

      FOR

      SECURING OBSERVATIONS

      OF THE

      VARIABLE STARS.

      BY

      EDWARD C. PICKERING,

      DIRECTOR OF THE HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY.

      CAMBRIDGE:

      JOHN WILSON AND SON.

      University Press

      1882.

      A PLAN FOR SECURING OBSERVATIONS

      OF THE VARIABLE STARS.

      For several reasons the investigations here proposed are especially suited to observers under very various conditions. The work is capable of indefinite sub-division. Small as well as large telescopes may be employed and many observations are needed which can best be made with an opera-glass or field-glass, or even with the naked eye. No attachment is needed to an ordinary telescope, so that no additional expense on this account is required. Useful observations may be made by an unskilled observer provided that he is capable of identifying a star with certainty. The work is quantitative, and the observer has, therefore, a continual test of the increased accuracy he has acquired by practice. As a portion of the investigation will probably lead to the discovery of interesting objects, the observations will possess an interest often wanting in quantitative research. The aid of the professional astronomer is earnestly requested for this scheme. Suggestions by which it may be modified and improved will be gratefully received. The professional astronomer, in consequence of his greater skill, instrumental appliances, and command of his own time, could fill gaps in the work, and thus greatly increase its value as a whole. Such observations could often be made

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