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Log

PagePlateClassObjectR.A.DecStartObs H.A.Obs DecStopExpDateMiscellaneous
192Feb 27 1900x 12513 Expos. on Polaris as in diagram. Exp. #1 on wrong side of plate. Repeated on right. Sky clear throughout.
19212514Polaris09 353 35 W+88.910 04Feb 27 1900x 12514 See C 12470 p 160-1. [[diagram with labels Box no plate no]] Exp. Focus No. 2m 0s 23.0 1 2 0 23.0 2 1 0 23.0 3 2 0 18.0 4 1.0 18.0 5 2.0 14.5 6 1.0 14.5 7.
19212515α Virginis12 270 52 E-10.413 07Feb 27 1900x 12515 (4x5 plate) An apparatus in tail piece similar to Var. Star Apparatus except that the motion to the plate is constant, and it is moved at Ls to the movement given by Var. Star App. i.e. it is moved in R.A. instead of dec.
19212516Dis Jup Sat I-20.514 24Feb 27 1900x 12516 Var. Star App. Signals would not work. Exposures made by hand by working armature every 10 sec. C's watch. 15 06 00 First movement. 08 30 No signal. 16 00 Last movement. Large aperture on. 15 31 00 First movement. 33 00 Last movement. Small aperture on. 15 34 50 First movement. 36 50 Last movement. C's Watch Bond 394 15 56 55 15 57 55 Bond 394 15 57 00 15 58 00. Bond 394 = 0.9s slow.