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CONSIDERING the unfavourable weather conditions experienced by many of the eclipse parties last year, the members of the Russiai expedition, in charge of M. A. Hansky, are to be congratulated on the results they obtained, which have been recently circulated as a publication of the Pulkowa Observatory. The observers were stationed at Alcocebre, on the Mediterranean coast near Valencia. The central line of totality passed almost exactly through the station, and various local conveniences combined to render the choice of site favourable to efficient observation. On August 15 all the instruments were received in good condition, and after observations had been made for determining the azimuth of the sun's rising point, the various pillars and stands for the apparatus were erected.
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BUTLER, C. Russian Observations of the Solar Eclipse, August 30, 1905. Nature 75, 163–164 (1906). https://doi.org/10.1038/075163b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/075163b0