Astronomical Almanac 2005
Astronomical Almanac 2005

Author: Great Britain: H.M. Nautical Almanac Office

Publisher: The Stationery Office

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780118873284

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This volume provides current and accurate data on the positions of the Sun, Moon and planets, together with data for physical observations, positions of planetary satellites, eclipses of the Sun and Moon and other fundamental astronomical reference data for the calendar year 2005. Most of the data featured in the almanac are tabulated for one-day intervals.

Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac
Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac

Author: United States Naval Observatory. Nautical Almanac Office

Publisher: University Science Books

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 786

ISBN-13: 9781891389450

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This well-schooled text provides a detailed description of how to perform practical astronomy or spherical astronomy. It is an authoritative source on astronomical phenomena and calendars.

The Nautical Almanac 2005
The Nautical Almanac 2005

Author: Great Britain: H.M. Nautical Almanac Office

Publisher: The Stationery Office

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780118873291

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The Almanac provides key astronomical information for every kind of sea-going vessel, from cruise liners to fishing boats. It contains tabulations for the Sun, Moon, planets and stars, for use in the determination of position at sea from sextant observations. It also gives details of: times of sunrise, sunset, twilights, moonrise and moonset for use in the planning of observations; interpolation and altitude correction tables; the phases of the Moon; a pole-star table; diagrams and notes for the identification of stars and planets; information on eclipses of the Sun and Moon; and the standard times of most countries. It is prepared jointly by H.M. Nautical Almanac Office and the US Naval Observatory, to meet the requirements of the Royal Navy and the US Navy.

Astronomical Almanac 2005
Astronomical Almanac 2005

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Publisher: The Stationery Office

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13: 9780118873284

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This volume provides current and accurate data on the positions of the Sun, Moon and planets, together with data for physical observations, positions of planetary satellites, eclipses of the Sun and Moon and other fundamental astronomical reference data for the calendar year 2005. Most of the data featured in the almanac are tabulated for one-day intervals.

Astronomical Papyri from Oxyrhynchus
Astronomical Papyri from Oxyrhynchus

Author: Alexander Jones

Publisher: American Philosophical Society

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 890

ISBN-13: 9780871692337

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Presents 200 hitherto unpub. astronomical texts & horoscopes written in Greek on papyrus, which were excavated a century ago in the rubbish heaps of Oxyrhynchus, a district capital of Roman Egypt. Through these documents we obtain the first coherent picture of the range of astronomical activity, chiefly in the service of astrology, during the Roman Empire. The astronomy of this period turns out to have been much more varied than we previously thought, with Babylonian arithmetical methods of prediction coexisting with tables based on geometrical models of orbits. Editions of the texts are accomp. by facing translations & explanatory & philological commentaries. The intro. provides the first comprehensive treatment of astronomical papyri, explaining their contents & purpose, the underlying astronomical theories, & strategies for analyzing & dating them. Tables & graphs.