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THE LATITUDE OF THE ROYAL CATANIA OBSERVATORY.—The Italian Royal Geodetical Commission have just published a detailed account of the determination of the latitude of the Royal Astronomical Observatory of Catania by Dr. T. Zona, of the Royal Observatory of Palermo. All the observations were made during the year 1894, and the method adopted was that of Talcott. The pairs of stars used amounted to twenty-three in number, and their places were obtained from each of the three separate catalogues, viz. Respighi, Bradley-Auwers, and the British Association Ten-Year.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 56, 133–134 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/056133a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/056133a0