Journal of the British Astronomical Association. Vol.17 No.1

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  • 16BAA Journal VOLUME 17 (XVII), NUMBER 1. November 1906
  • 36Variable Star Section.
  • 18COUNCIL
  • 20REPORT OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION HELD ON OCTOBER 31, 1906
  • 34REPORTS OF THE BRANCHES
  • 34WEST OF SCOTLAND BRANCH (GLASGOW).
  • 35NEW SOUTH WALES BRANCH (SYDNEY).
  • 36REPORTS OF THE OBSERVING SECTIONS
  • 55Observations of Faint Stars near a Centauri.
  • 56OBITUARIES
  • 43PAPERS
  • 44The Bright Streaks upon the Moon.
  • 47The Great Sun-spot of July 27-August 5
  • 50The Total Eclipse of the Moon, August 4-5 1906
  • 51The Lunar Eclipse of August 4. By J. T. WARD.
  • 52The Eclipse of the Moon, August 4. By W. F. GALE,
  • 53Note on α Centauri
  • 55Double Star Measures made at Stanmore Private Observatory, 1906.
  • 67CHESTER NATURAL SCIENCE SOCIETY
  • 43Supplementary Note showing some of the Difficulties which I find in Prof. Pickering's Ice Theory,
  • 56Prof. George Rayet.
  • 57M. Bossert.
  • 57Mr. Justice R. I. Finnemore.
  • 58CORRESPONDENCE
  • 58Heliacal Risings and Settings of Stars.
  • 59Curious Phenomenon at Sunset.
  • 60The Total Eclipse of the Sun, January 1907.
  • 60QUERIES
  • 61NEW BOOKS AND MEMOIRS
  • 61Measures of the Double Stars in Struve's Mensurse Micromet-ricas collected and discussed. By Thomas Lewis.
  • 62The Cambrian Natural Observer and Record of the Astro­nomical Society of Wales for 1905.
  • 63Giant Sun and His Family. By Mary Proctor
  • 63 Compendium of Spherical Astronomy, with its Applications to the Determination and Reduction of Positions of the Fixed Stars. By Simon Newcomb.
  • 64NOTES
  • 64THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
  • 65MINOR PLANET NOTES.
  • 66COMET NOTES.
  • 54Further Note on α Centauri.
  • 16Contents.
  • 71THE MOON.
  • 70THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, 1907 JANUARY 13-14. Messrs. D. Todd and R. H. Baker
  • 72THE NUMBER OF THE VISIBLE STARS. J. Ellard Gore
  • 68THE NATURE OF THE SUN. Leo Brenner
  • 69SUN-SPOTS AND MAGNETISM—A RETROSPECT. W.Ellis
  • 69SUN-SPOT OBSERVATIONS IN 1905. Th. Epstein
  • 69RELATION BETWEEN SUN-SPOT FREQUENCY AND THUNDER­STORMS
  • 69SOLAR PROMINENCES.
  • 70ANCIENT ECLIPSES OF THE SUN.—(1) Prof Newcomb
  • 72THE NEW REDUCTION OF THE MERIDIAN OBSERVATIONS OF GROOMBRIDGE.—Prof. Leivis Boss
  • 68ASTRONOMICAL PUBLICATIONS
  • 70THE ORIGIN OF THE ZODIACAL LIGHT.—Mr. Maxwell Hall
  • 71ON THE QUESTION OF THE VISIBILITY OF THE NEW MOON CRESCENT. Dr. Berthold Cohn.
  • 71ORBITS OF SMALL PLANETS.—Dr. Albert von Brunn
  • 71JUPITER.
  • 71A LARGE METEOR. W. F. Denning
  • 71COMETARY LITERATURE.—Dr. Holetschek
  • 71AN UNEXPLAINED OBSERVATION.—Prof. Barnard
  • 72NEW VARIABLES
  • 74MEASURES OF THE INTRINSIC BRIGHTNESS OF LUMINOUS SURFACES.—Prof. Ceraski
  • 67SPECTROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS
  • 74A SIMPLE METHOD OF OBTAINING AN APPROXIMATE SOLUTION OF KEPLER'S EQUATION.—Dr. Rambaut
  • 68POLARISATION PHENOMENA IN THE SOLAR CORONA.—Mr. Newall
  • 73PLEA FOR AN INTERNATIONAL SOUTHERN TELESCOPE
  • 73WEDGE-PHOTOMETER.—Dr. Rosenberg,
  • 73THE UTILITY OF SHORT-FOCUS REFLECTORS.—Dr. A. Berbcrich
  • 73A NOVEL PLANISPHERE.—Mr. L. Barritt
  • 74PHOTOGRAPHIC-PHOTOMETRIC INVESTIGATIONS. — Dr. A. Wilkens
  • 74STAR TRANSITS BY PHOTOGRAPHY.—Prof. S. Hirayama
  • 73A MODIFIED FORM OF SOLAR EYE-PIECE.—Prof. Ceraski
  • 76A Correction - Vol. XVI., p. 384, lines 5 and 6.
  • 74EQUATIONS IN THE PLANETARY THEORY.—Dr. Gustav Witt
  • 75THE KODAIKANAL. OBSERVATORY.—Mr. Monteith Macphail
  • 75A NEW OBSERVATORY FOB HAMBURG
  • 75MEETING OF THE ASTRONOMISCHE. GESELLSCHAFT AT JENA IN SEPTEMBER
  • 75NOTICES
  • 75New Members of the Association. Elected 31st October 1906.
  • 75Candidates for Election as Members of the Association. 28th November 1906.
  • 77OFFICERS AND COUNCIL
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