โ Scribed by Aubrey Jones
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Cover
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Time
2. Precessional Constants for Selected Epochs
3. Reduction for Precession
4. Reduction from Mean to Apparent Place
5. Proper Motion
6. Sun, Moon and Planets
7. Visual Binary Star Orbits
8. Ephemerides of Comets
9. Approximations
Appendices
Appendix I: Visual Binary Star Orbits
Appendix II: Programmes for Calculators using RPN Logic
Index
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