Index
Symbols
α Centauri, 40, 72
ω Centauri, 106
100 in. Telescope (Mount Wilson),
172, 226
1882, Great comet of, 76
40-foot Telescope (Herschel), 41
40 in. refractor (Yerkes), 228
60 in. Telescope (Mount Wilson),
147, 172, 174, 228
61 Cygni, 40
A
Absolute declinations, 69
Academy Building (Groningen), 54,
214
Adams, John Couch, 28, 267
Adams, Walter Sydney, 178, 194,
198, 228, 229, 235, 236
Airglow, 167
Aldebaran, 138, 139
Allebé, Gerardus Arnoldus Nicolaus,
88
Allegheny Observatory, 192
Almagest, 35
Altitude, 33
Analemma, 81
Andrée Wiltens, Elisabeth Henriette,
62
Andrée Wiltens, Henry William, 18,
62
Andromeda Nebula, 99, 101
Anglo-Australian Observatory, 86
Ångström, Anders Jonas, 188
Ansingh, Lizzy, 273
Apex, 38, 111
Argelander, Friedrich Wilhelm
August, 38
Arminius, Jacobus, 52
Asteroid, 29
Astrographic Catalogue, 84
Astronomical Society of the Pacific,
86, 200
Astronomical Unit, 30, 125
Astronomische Gesellschaft, 68, 231,
255
Astronomische Gesellschaft Katalog
(AGK), 231
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Symbols
α Centauri, 40, 72
ω Centauri, 106
100 in. Telescope (Mount Wilson),
172, 226
1882, Great comet of, 76
40-foot Telescope (Herschel), 41
40 in. refractor (Yerkes), 228
60 in. Telescope (Mount Wilson),
147, 172, 174, 228
61 Cygni, 40
A
Absolute declinations, 69
Academy Building (Groningen), 54,
214
Adams, John Couch, 28, 267
Adams, Walter Sydney, 178, 194,
198, 228, 229, 235, 236
Airglow, 167
Aldebaran, 138, 139
Allebé, Gerardus Arnoldus Nicolaus,
88
Allegheny Observatory, 192
Almagest, 35
Altitude, 33
Analemma, 81
Andrée Wiltens, Elisabeth Henriette,
62
Andrée Wiltens, Henry William, 18,
62
Andromeda Nebula, 99, 101
Anglo-Australian Observatory, 86
Ångström, Anders Jonas, 188
Ansingh, Lizzy, 273
Apex, 38, 111
Argelander, Friedrich Wilhelm
August, 38
Arminius, Jacobus, 52
Asteroid, 29
Astrographic Catalogue, 84
Astronomical Society of the Pacific,
86, 200
Astronomical Unit, 30, 125
Astronomische Gesellschaft, 68, 231,
255
Astronomische Gesellschaft Katalog
(AGK), 231
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license
to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
P. C. van der Kruit, Pioneer of Galactic Astronomy: A Biography of Jacobus C. Kapteyn,
Springer Biographies, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55423-1
297