To the Bdltor of the sim—t fancy that a good propor-Hon of your readers, including. those to whom it was somewhat ole mentary, enjoyed Mr, Sowerby" recent article headed Astronomical Figures. As a comparative beginner In the fascinating study of astronomy, but not in a position to Jay hands on. detailed treatises, I wonder If Mr. Sowerby could follow up his good work by one or more articles. explaining some of the data given. your short monthly. article. headed China Skies In (month). None of the oaks available fo me explain, for nee, the Mean Apparent. figures. given under Rising and Setting of Sun, nor the extra data under Lunar Occuiltations Visible Here, Nor why range of magnitudes 1s' sometimes given for one planet and only one magnitude for another. Incidentally T fall to understand why the lower Stellar Magnitudes are invariably notated by a plus sign and the higher magnitudes by a minus. Finally, Mr. Sowerby puls Alpha Centauri as the third brightest star, and T seem to remember that in The Stars In Their Courses, Jeans says the same, But Certainly In hi Through Time and Space (p97 of my edition) Jeans this star below "Vega, Capella ud Arcturus, as well as the leaders Sirius and Canopus, In both cases Teans, og well as Mr. Sowerby, were of. cour ring to "apparent, brightness" not "intrinsic luminosity."
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