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RGO Archives/RGO 2 contains:
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9 Calculations, observations and tables
10 Computations for the Moon and stars
11 Computation of the Moon's longitude
12 Tables of the Moon
13 Works on stars and comets
14 Printed lunar tables
15 Calculations on observations
16 Astronomical tables
17 Letters
18 Computations, tables and observations
19 List of southern stars
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Papers of Edmond Halley

Title Astronomical tables
Reference RGO 2/16
(former reference: A1/126)
Covering Dates circa 1715
Extent and Medium 1 volume
Content and context

Various astronomical tables, including:

1. A letter from John Senex of London, 16 May 1715, requesting information on a comet and a meeting with Halley. A list of observations and calculations is on the reverse.

2. Table of the different declinations of the stars in the eclipse.

3. Logarithm tables.

4. Annual ephemeris for the Sun.

5. Table on the Sun's declination.

6. Table of angles of the stars from the ecliptic.

7. List of angles of the meridian from the horizontal.

8. Table of the altitude of the Sun, with equations and calculations.

9. Table of the nonagesimal at the Greenwich latitude 0°-360°.

10. Table of the nonagesimal at the latitude 55° 54', 0°-360°.

11. Table of the nonagesimal at the latitude of St Helena 0°-360°.

12. Table of the nonagesimal at the latitude of 54° 23', 0°-360°.

13. Observations and computations of the Sun based on Ptolemy's findings at Alexandria.

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Index Terms
Alexandria
Saint Helena
Ptolemy, Claudius (c 100-c 170) astronomer
Senex, John (1678-1740) publisher and engraver
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