Chapter 26

ELEMENTSfor computing theECLIPSESof theSUNandOCCULTATIONSof thePLANETSby theMOON, in the Year 1828.Conjunction in A. R. Apparent Time.Diff. Dec.first-qtr-moonRelative H. M.Relative Orb. Ang.sunor Planet’s A. R. atconjunctionsunor Planet’s N. P. D. atconjunctionfirst-qtr-moonD.H.M.S.′″′″°′H.M.S.°′″jupiterJan.11104711211S.346S.7658E.143547104230maleJan.11164036429N.3314S.7841449291051234jupiterFeb.7221754544N.3326S.7735144640104487jupiterMar.644871646N.3329S.7747144971045357jupiterApril2864996N.3412S.7726144244104217sunApril13212353850N.3123N.74713020803214jupiterApril2910495393S.3450S.7640143021103225mercuryMay1285841744N.2731N.78282305076356jupiterMay261458462058S.3438S.75541417531022357jupiterJune222127331427S.3340S.7526141151015551femaleJuly13120306843S.3015S.76508550761727jupiterJuly20618331012N.3233S.75281412351021128jupiterAug.16171864449N.3150S.7559142210103721femaleSept.53712410S.288S.783813475721sunOct.8122335639S.296S.732125744961027femaleDec.31330463910S.2939S.7523143581001938ELEMENTSfor computing theECLIPSESof theSUNandOCCULTATIONSof thePLANETSby theMOON, in the Year 1828. [continued from above]Conjunction in A. R. Apparent Time.Nearest Appr-oach.Time of nearest Approach, Apparent Time.sunor Planet’sHoraryMotionSemi-diam-eterHor. Par.in A. R. in Time.in N. P. D.first-qtr-moonD.H.M.S.′″D.H.M.S.SEC.″″″jupiterJan.11104711202811103851+1·3+6172maleJan.1116403642311164216+5·9+2735jupiterFeb.7221754536722207+0·6+2182jupiterMar.644871623645429−0·2−1202jupiterApril28649853281018−0·9−4212sunApril1321235383013211916+9·2−549589jupiterApril2910495384829104617−1·2−6222mercuryMay12858417351285519+19·8−11937jupiterMay26145846202026144955−0·9−4212jupiterJune2221273313592221215−0·3−1202femaleJuly1312030665513112928−3·4+222627jupiterJuly20618339532062316+0·5+3182jupiterAug.1617186432916173831+1·2+6172femaleSept.537124553522+5·8−11819sunOct.81223356218121935+9·2+579639femaleDec.313304637543131046+11·5+6178The places of the Sun and Moon have been taken from the Nautical Almanac, those of Mercury from Lindenau’s Tables, and those of the other Planets from Schumacher’s Ephemeris.——The sign + denotes the motion in A. R. to be direct; the sign −, retrograde. The sign + denotes the motion in N. P. D. to be towards the South; the sign − towards the North.——None of the preceding Conjunctions will prove to be an Eclipse or Occultation visible at Greenwich.[p452]

The places of the Sun and Moon have been taken from the Nautical Almanac, those of Mercury from Lindenau’s Tables, and those of the other Planets from Schumacher’s Ephemeris.——The sign + denotes the motion in A. R. to be direct; the sign −, retrograde. The sign + denotes the motion in N. P. D. to be towards the South; the sign − towards the North.——None of the preceding Conjunctions will prove to be an Eclipse or Occultation visible at Greenwich.[p452]


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