Argelander
Americannoun
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“We have this enormous field of view,” said Reiko Nakajima, an astronomer at the Argelander Institute for Astronomy at the University of Bonn in Germany, at the recent press conference.
From Scientific American • Nov. 8, 2023
These correspond with the estimates of magnitude given by Argelander, Heis, and Houzeau in their catalogues of stars visible to the naked eye, and so the estimates can be directly compared.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard
See also, Argelander in the 'Vortragen geh. in der Konigsberg Gessellschaft', bd. i., s.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von
About 400,000 stars were during the last half-century listed in this way at the observatory of Bonn by Argelander, Schonfeld, and their assistants.
From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Newcomb, Simon
Cél., found by Argelander to have a proper motion of 4·734′, and by Winnecke a parallax of O·511′.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
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