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FLAMMABION'S “Annuaire Astronomique” is a remarkable little handbook, and those responsible for it evidently take great pains that it shall include the latest information on astronomical data. For example, the list of double star orbits contains the latest ones published. A note is given by Lyot on the transit of Mercury, on June 24, 1937, across the sun's corona ; the list contributed by Störmer of auroras seen from Norway is continued as far as October 1, 1937, and there are some new geophysical data comprising sudden radio fadings observed from November 26, 1936, to July 1, 1937. The utility of this handbook to the novice is illustrated by the three maps showing the star field of the variable star, o (Mira) Ceti, as seen respectively with the naked eye, a pair of binoculars, anda moderate-sized telescope. The “Anuario” of the Astronomical Observatory of Madrid contains information that is chiefly of use to those living in Spain or in adjacent latitudes. There are, however, other astronomical tables and explanations (in Spanish) of general interest. A short description is appended of graphical solutions of spherical triangles used in problems of positional astronomy.
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Two Astronomical Handbooks for 1938. Nature 141, 682 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141682g0
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