SOUTHERN ASTRONOMERS and AUSTRALIAN ASTRONOMY
ELEMENTARY ASTRONOMY FOR SERVICE USE PART 4
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
A few books are suggested here as offering those who have read so
far in this booklet an opportunity for further study. On the subject
of general and descriptive astronomy may be mentioned.
“Astronomy”,
Russell, Dugan and Stewart (two volumes).
“General
Astronomy“, H. Spencer-Jones.
“Astronomy”,
W. M. Smart.
For those interested in studying some of the mathematics of the
subject an excellent book is “Spherical
Astronomy” , W. M. Smart.
A good star atlas showing about 8,000 objects, including all those
visible to the naked eye, is
“Norton’s
Star Atlas”, A. P. Norton. [*27]
Several books are available locally on the subject of navigation
and also a number of books containing tables for navigational
computations. Satisfactory ones are;
“The Admiralty
Navigation Manual” (three volumes).
“Astronomical
Navigation” W. M. Smart.
“Air
Navigation”, F. G. Brown.
“Hughes Tables for Sea and Air
Navigation “, L. J. ComrI.e.
“Position Tables for Sea and Air
Navigation”, F. G. Brown.
For those interested in establishing contacts with other people
interested in Astronomy there is a branch of the British Astronomical
Association in Sydney, and there are astronomical societies in other
States. [*28]
TABLES
TABLE IV.
Meridian Transit and Position of Sun during the Year.
Date Mer. Tr. R.A. Dec. | Date. Mer. Tr. R.A. Dec.
h. m. h. m. o | h. m. h. m. o
Jan. | July
1... 12 03 18 45 -23.0 | 5... 12 04 6 56 +22.8
6... 12 06 19 07 -22.5 | 10... 12 05 7 16 +22.3
11... 12 08 19 29 -21.9 | 15... 12 06 7 36 +21.6
16... 12 10 19 51 -21.0 | 20... 12 06 7 57 +20.7
21... 12 11 20 12 -20.0 | 25... 12 06 8 17 +19.7
26... 12 13 20 33 -18.8 | 30... 12 06 8 36 +18.6
31... 12 14 20 54 -17.3 | Aug.
Feb. | 4... 12 06 8 56 +17.4
5... 12 14 21 14 -16.0 | 9... 12 05 9 15 +16.0
10 .. 12 14 21.34 -14.5 | 14... 12 05 9 34 +14.5
15 .. 12 14 21 54 -12.8 | 19... 12 04 9 52 +12.9
20 .. 12 14 22 13 -11.0 | 24... 12 02 10 11 +11.2
25 .. 12 13 22 32 - 9.2 | 29... 12 01 10 29 + 9.5
Mar. | Sept.
2... 12 12 22 51 - 7.3 | 3... 11 59 10 47 + 7.7
7... 12 11 23 09 - 5.4 | 8... 11 58 11 05 + 5.8
12... 12 10 23 28 - 3.5 | 13... 11 56 11 23 + 4.0
17... 12 09 23 46 - 1.5 | 18... 11 54 11 41 + 2.0
22... 12 07 0 04 + 0.5 | 23... 11 53 11 59 + 0.1
27... 12 06 0 23 + 2.5 | 28... 11 51 12 17 - 1.9
Apr. | Oct.
1... 12 04 0 41 + 4.4 | 3... 11 49 12 35 - 3.8
6... 12 03 0 59 + 6.3 | 8... 11 48 12 54 - 5.7
11... 12 01 1 17 + 8.2 | 13... 11 46 13 12 - 7.6
16... 12 00 1 36 +10.0 | 18... 11 45 13 31 - 9.5
21... 11 59 1 54 +11.7 | 23... 11 44 13 49 -11.3
26... 11 58 2 13 +13.4 | 28... 11 44 14 09 -13.0
May | Nov.
1... 11 57 2 32 +15.0 | 2... 11 44 14 28 -14.6
6... 11 57 2 51 +16.4 | 7... 11 44 14 48 -16.2
11... 11 56 3 11 +17.8 | 12... 11 44 15 08 -17.6
16... 11 56 3 30 +19.0 | 17... 11 45 15 28 -18.9
21... 11 56 3 50 +20.1 | 22... 11 46 15 49 -20.1
26... 11 57 4 10 +21.1 | 27... 11 48 16 10 -21.1
31... 11 57 4 31 +21.9 | Dec.
June | 2... 11 49 16 32 -21.9
5... 11 58 4 51 +22.5 | 7... 11 51 16 54 -22-6
10... 11 59 5 12 +23.0 | 12... 11 54 17 16 -23.1
15... 12 00 5 33 +23.3 | 17... 11 56 17 38 -23.3
20... 12 01 5 53 +23.4 | 22... 11 58 18 00 -23.4
25... 12 02 6 14 +23.4 | 27... 12 01 18 22 -23.3
30... 12 03 6 35 +23.2 | Dec.
| 32... 12 03 18 44 -23.1
[*29]
TABLE V.
Table of Standard Times.
Time St. Met. Countries.
-12h. E. 180 Siberia (E. long. 157½ to 172½), Fiji Islands.
-11h. 30m E. 172 New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Nauru Island.
-11h. E. 165 New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Ocean Island,
Solomon Islands, Siberia (E. long. 142½ to 157½).
-10h. 36m E. 159 Lord Howe Island.
-10h. E. 150 Tasmania, Victoria, N.S.W., Queensland, British
New Guinea, Guam, Siberia (E. long. 127 to 142).
-9h. 30m. E. 142 South Australia, Northern Territory, Broken Hill
Area of N.S.W.
-9h. E. 135 Manchuria, Japan, Dutch New Guinea.
-8h. E. 120 All coastal area of China, Philippine Islands,
British North Borneo, Timor, Western Australia,
Celebes.
-7h. 30m. E. 112 Sarawak, Java, Madura, Bali, Lombok, Dutch Borneo.
-7h. 20m. E. 110 Federated Malay States, Straits Settlements.
-7h. E. 105 French Indo-China, Thailand, Southern Sumatra.
-5h. 30m. E. 82¼ India (except Calcutta, 5h. 53m., 20-8 s.), Ceylon.
-4h. E. 60 Russia (long. 40 E. to 52½ E.).
-3h. 30m. E. 52½ Iran.
-3h. E. 45 Iraq, Eritrea, French and Italian Somaliland,
Madagascar, Russia (west of long. 40 E.).
-2h. 45m. E. 41¼ Kenya Colony, Tanganyika, Uganda, Zanzibar.
-2h. E. 30 Turkey, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Union of South
Africa.
-1h. E. 15 Malta, Tunisia, Libya, Nigeria, Cameroons, French
Equatorial Africa, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Italy.
0h. 0 Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Eire, France,
Belgium, Spain.
+4h. W. 60 Eastern part of Canada, U.S.A., South America.
+Sh. W. 75 Parts of Canada and U.S.A. including Quebec and
New York.
+6h. W. 90 Central States of Canada and U.S.A., Central
America.
+7h. W. 105 Mountain parts of Canada and U.S.A.
+8h. W. 120 West coast of Canada and U.S.A.
Under present conditions summer time, or other
alterations to the time being kept, may be introduced by governments
with very little warning.
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