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THE Annual Report of the Paris Observatory, which has recently appeared, draws special attention to the two events which have rendered the past year memorable, not merely in the history of the Observatory, but in that of astronomical science as a whole. The first of these was, of course, the meeting at Paris of the International Congress for the execution of the photographic chart of the heavens, and Admiral Mouchez gives the names of the members of the Congress, and the resolutions adopted by them. Of the Permanent Committee appointed by the Congress, Admiral Mouchez is himself the President, and he has already issued the first number of the Bulletin de la Carte du Ciel, future numbers of which will be brought out by the Committee as occasion may require. Twelve Observatories, including that of Paris, had definitely pledged themselves to join in the scheme, and five or six more expected to be able to do so shortly, so that there should be no difficulty in completing the chart within three or four years. The International Exhibition to be held at Paris next year would furnish a good opportunity for the reassembling of the Permanent Committee in order that the final decisions relating to the carrying out of this great scheme might be formed.
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The Paris Observatory . Nature 38, 179–180 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/038179a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/038179a0