- Accra, Ghana. The
plane of the
prime meridian contains the
local gravity vector at the Airy
transit circle instrument (51°28′40.1″N 0°0′5.3″W / 51.477806°N...
-
Meridian circles,
Mural quadrants etc. P****age
instruments (transportable, also for
prime vertical transits)
Zenith telescope Photozenith tube (PZT) zenith...
- from the
plane established by the Airy
transit,
which is
affected by
vertical deflection (the
local vertical is
affected by
influences such as nearby...
- key
instrument for
determining time was the Airy
Transit Circle (ATC),
which was used
primarily from 1851 to 1938. It was
agreed that the (
Prime) "meridian...
-
astronomical instruments,
including a 9.6-inch
achromatic refracting telescope, a 5.5-inch
transit instrument, a 4-inch
meridian circle, and a 5-inch
prime vertical...
-
after the end of the
transit of the Earth, or only one or two
minutes after the end of the
transit of the Moon. However, the
transit did not
interfere with...
- Earth's flattening.: 5 The 1960s saw the
launch of the
Doppler satellite Transit-1B and the
balloon satellites Echo 1, Echo 2, and PAGEOS. The
first dedicated...
- arrived. City
Hunter The
message board shows only the
letter "XYZ"
written vertically before the
background fades to black.
Stockholm Bloodbath After the credits...
- used the
transit circle or
meridian circle to
establish very
accurate longitude values for
their country,
often establishing their own
prime meridian...
-
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a
space telescope for NASA's
Explorer program,
designed to
search for
exoplanets using the
transit method...
