New Zealand Gazette – 1871 – No. 12

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✨ Scientific Observations Table



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TABLE OF OBSERVATIONS, &c.-continued.

Date, 1870.
Star.
Position
of
Axis.
Observed times of Transits
by Sidereal Chron.
Reduction
to
Mean Wire.
Instrumental Errors.
True Meri-
dian
Transits by
Chron.
Daily
rate of
Chron.
Chron. Error fur-
nished by each
Star and reduced
for rate to the
epoch of the first
transit on the
given day.
Mean Chron. Error by
Observations.
Probable
Error.
Right Ascen-
sions from
Observations.
Probable
Error of
Moon's
observed
Right
Ascension
LONGITUDE EAST,
Deduced from the tabular Right
Ascensions in the Nautical
Almanac "Moon Cul-
minations."

Wires.
1 2 3 4 5
H M S a b C H M S S H M S Weight. H M S Probable Error. H M S H M S Probable Error. Weight.

Oct. 5 74 Aquarii C.W. 40.0 52.7 04.8 18.0 30.4 20 45 05.18 -0.22 -0.09 -0.03 20 45 05.19 -0.72 2 01 35.22 1.000 ... ... 22 46 40.24
" 6 Capricorni " 26.0 39.1 52.0 05.0 18.0 19 33 52.02 -0.31 -0.17 -0.03 19 33 52.10 -1.16 2 01 33.86 1.000 2 01 33.79 0.051 21 35 25.89
" " Capricorni " 54.4 07.4 20.3 33.0 45.8 19 38 20.18 19 38 20.24 2 01 33.73 1.000 21 39 54.03
" " Moon I. " 16.8 29.9 42.7 55.6 08.4 20 39 42.68 20 39 42.70 22 41 16.44 0.116 11 39 49.57 6.6 0.598
" 7 Aquarii " 46.7 59.5 12.0 24.7 37.3 20 41 12.04 -0.28 -0.17 -0.03 20 41 12.10 -0.95 2 01 32.71 1.000 2 01 32.63 0.051 22 45 44.73
" " Moon I. " 06.2 19.2 31.9 44.4 57.0 21 28 31.74 -0.06 21 28 31.66 23 30 04.26 0.116 11 39 57.56 7.0 0.531
" " B.A.C. 8239 " 29.9 42.5 55.3 08.0 20.4 21 32 55.22 21 32 55.17 2 01 32.56 1.000 23 34 27.76
" 9 12 Ceti C.E. 20.7 08.2 56.0 43.4 31.1 22 21 55.88 -0.34 -0.22 +0.03 22 21 55.83 -0.82 2 01 30.96 1.000 2 01 30.97 0.042 0 23 26.80
" 13 Ceti " 29.8 17.4 05.0 52.7 40.5 22 27 05.08 22 27 05.03 2 01 30.89 1.000 0 28 36.00
" Moon I. " 44.6 19.2 06.7 23 01 31.90 -0.29 23 01 31.85 1 03 02.80 0.120 11 39 57.88 7.3 0.488
" Moon II. " 00.0 47.1 34.7 22.0 09.5 23 03 34.66 23 03 34.61 2 01 31.09 0.928 1 05 05.56 0.113 11 39 51.54 7.2 0.502
" Piscium... " 28.6 16.0 51.1 38.7 23 37 03.61 23 37 03.49 1 38 34.43
" 14 Tauri " 22.0 09.0 55.9 42.6 29.4 2 53 55.78 -0.39 -0.23 +0.03 2 53 55.49 -1.30 2 01 26.59 1.000 2 01 26.62 0.051 4 55 22.11
" Tauri " 09.2 56.1 43.0 29.8 16.7 2 58 42.96 258 42.68 2 01 26.65 1.000 5 00 09.30
" Moon II. " 38.7 25.0 11.7 57.8 44.8 3 02 11.60 3 02 11.31 5 03 37.93 0.116 11 39 51.62 6.4 0.635
" 15 Moon II. ... " 21.6 08.0 54.6 40.7 27.0 3 54 54.38 -0.31 -0.25 +0.03 3 54 54.16 -1.77 2 01 24.78 0.051 5 56 18.94 0.116 11 39 51.21 6.2 0.677
" Geminor'm " 05.9 52.5 39.3 26.0 12.7 4 05 39.28 4 05 39.10 2 01 24.86 1.000 6 07 03.87
" Geminor'm " 10.0 56.7 43.2 29.8 16.7 4 13 43.28 4 13 43.12 2 01 27.71 1.000 6 15 07.88

Mean Longitude by Weights, 36 Observations ... ... 11 39 50.73 1.0 25.880

HENRY JACKSON,
Chief Surveyor, Province of Wellington.

Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.



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  • Henry Jackson, Chief Surveyor, Province of Wellington