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THE BEGINNING OF THE JULIAN DAY.-There is a lamentable state of confusion in the astronomical world as to whether the Julian Day should begin at noon or midnight. Some countries, following the lead of the United States, have decided on beginning at midnight. But the Astronomical Society of the Netherlands continues the noon reckoning, and many people in the British Isles propose to do the same; some of these quote the fact that no change has been made in the Julian Day table of the Nautical Almanac as registering an official decision in this sense. The fact is, however, that no such decision has been reached, and in its absence the wording of the Nautical Almanac remains as before.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 115, 473 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/115473a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/115473a0