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A Star Atlas for the Library, the School and the Observatory. Showing 6,000 Stars and 1,500 Objects of Interest, in Twelve Circular Maps on the ... Proper Relative Positions, Including All...
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A Star Atlas For Students And Observers, Showing 6000 Stars And 1500 Double Stars, Nebulae, &c. In Twelve Maps On The Equidistant Projection: With Index Maps On The Stereographic Projection
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Richard Anthony Proctor
Thomas Henry Espinelle Compton Espin
Longmans, Green, and co., 1896
Science; Astronomy; Science / Astronomy; Stars
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
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A Star Atlas For Students And Observers, Showing 6000 Stars And 1500 Double Stars, Nebulae, &c. In Twelve Maps On The Equidistant Projection: With Index Maps On The Stereographic Projection
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Richard Anthony Proctor
Thomas Henry Espinelle Compton Espin
Longmans, Green, and co., 1896
Science; Astronomy; Science / Astronomy; Stars
20 pages, Paperback
First published August 4, 2014
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Richard A. Proctor
456 books2 followersRichard Anthony Proctor (23 March 1837 in Chelsea, London – 12 September 1888) was an English astronomer.
He is best remembered for having produced one of the earliest maps of Mars in 1867 from 27 drawings by the English observer William Rutter Dawes.
His map was later superseded by those of Giovanni Schiaparelli and Eugène Antoniadi and his nomenclature was dropped (for instance, his "Kaiser Sea" became Syrtis Major Planum).
He used old drawings of Mars dating back to 1666 to try to determine the sidereal day of Mars. His final estimate, in 1873, was 24h 37m 22.713s, reasonably close to the modern value of 24h 37m 22.663s. Nevertheless, Frederik Kaiser's value of 24h 37m 22.622s is closer.
A crater on Mars is named after Proctor.
He is best remembered for having produced one of the earliest maps of Mars in 1867 from 27 drawings by the English observer William Rutter Dawes.
His map was later superseded by those of Giovanni Schiaparelli and Eugène Antoniadi and his nomenclature was dropped (for instance, his "Kaiser Sea" became Syrtis Major Planum).
He used old drawings of Mars dating back to 1666 to try to determine the sidereal day of Mars. His final estimate, in 1873, was 24h 37m 22.713s, reasonably close to the modern value of 24h 37m 22.663s. Nevertheless, Frederik Kaiser's value of 24h 37m 22.622s is closer.
A crater on Mars is named after Proctor.
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