Abstract
THE Observatory of Yale College has acquired a deservedly high reputation for the zeal with which the staff has prosecuted the inquiry into stellar parallax and the standard of accuracy consistently maintained. This latest contribution to the subject cannot but enhance that reputation for accuracy, for the results sought do not aim so much at applying, the method to fresh instances, as to the re-examination of previous investigations with the view of improving their trustworthiness. Of the stars, the distances of which are here discussed, two-thirds have already been the subject of inquiry at Yale or elsewhere, but on various grounds the results have been regarded with a degree of suspicion that made the repetition of the measures desirable.
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
P., W. Researches in Stellar Parallax 1 . Nature 84, 433–434 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/084433a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/084433a0