| Title |
Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars |
| Reference |
GBR/0180/RGO 181 |
| Creator |
Nautical Almanac Office |
| Covering Dates |
1940–1958 |
| Extent and Medium |
22 volumes; paper |
| Repository |
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives |
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| Content and context |
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At the meeting of the International Astronomical Union at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1932, Dr L.J. Comrie, Superintendent of H.M. Nautical Almanac Office, proposed that efforts be made to eliminate duplicate printing in the national ephemerides, notably that of apparent places of stars. The meeting of the I.A.U. in Paris in 1935 recommended that the apparent places of stars in all astronomical ephemerides be based on the mean places of the Third Fundamental Catalogue of the 'Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch' (FK3), and that these places in the FK3 and its supplement should be published annually in a single volume. The resulting publication, entitled 'Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars', was produced by H.M. Nautical Almanac Office from 1940 with the cooperation of the almanac offices in Berlin, Paris, San Fernando and London, and published by H.M. Stationery Office, London. Responsibility for the compilation and publication of the volume passed to the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut in Heidelberg from the 1960 edition.
RGO 181 contains the complete series of volumes of 'Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars' produced by H.M. Nautical Almanac Office, including several reprints.
The volumes were formerly part of the Library of H.M. Nautical Almanac Office.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives, Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars, RGO 181 |
| Further information |
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Indexed
This description was created by Robert Steiner, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives.
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| Index Terms |
| Nautical Almanac Office |
| RGO Archives/RGO 181 contains: |
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1
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 1941.
1 volume. |
1940 |
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2
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 1942.
1 volume. |
1941 |
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3
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 1942. A reprint of the original 1941 edition of 'Apparent Place of Fundamental Stars 1942' (RGO 181/2).
1 volume. |
1942 |
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4
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 1943.
1 volume. |
1942 |
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5
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 1943. A reprint of the original edition of 'Apparent Place of Fundamental Stars 1943' (RGO 181/4).
1 volume. |
1942 |
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6
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 1944.
1 volume. |
1943 |
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7
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 1945.
1 volume. |
1944 |
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8
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 1945. A reprint of the original 1944 edition of 'Apparent Place of Fundamental Stars 1945' (RGO 181/7).
1 volume. |
1945 |
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9
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 1946.
1 volume. |
1945 |
|
10
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 1947.
1 volume. |
1946 |
|
11
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 1948.
1 volume. |
1947 |
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12
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 1949.
1 volume. |
1948 |
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13
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 1950.
1 volume. |
1949 |
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14
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 1951.
1 volume. |
1950 |
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15
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 1952.
1 volume. |
1951 |
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16
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 1953.
1 volume. |
1952 |
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17
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 1954.
1 volume. |
1953 |
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18
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 1955.
1 volume. |
1954 |
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19
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 1956.
1 volume. |
1955 |
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20
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 1957.
1 volume. |
1956 |
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21
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 1958.
1 volume. |
1957 |
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22
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 1959.
1 volume. |
1958 |
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