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VII. Observations of the Places of the Georgian Planet, made at Edinburgh with an Equatoreal Instrument
1790
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Hence it may be deduced, (by following the method described in a paper formerly read to this Society) that the planet was in opposition January 13a. 04b. 56′ M. T. Greenwich, in longitude, 3a. 23°. 32′. 24″ from the mean equinox, with −°. 30′. 38″ north heliocentric latitude.The error of the theory in longitude is nearly +5″, and in latitude nearly −18″.I attribute this error in latitude to the different manner in which I observed the declinations. I formerly obferved the difference of
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