Index
303
Natural Sciences Society (Groningen),
115–117, 160
Neutron star, 100
Newcomb, Simon, 30, 35, 124, 152,
226
Newton, Isaac, 28, 68, 171, 207
NGC 891, 101
Nijland, Albertus Antonie, 163, 197,
217, 218, 220, 267
Noordenbos, Greta, 261, 271
Noordenbos, Jan Willem, 271
Noordenbos, Willem Cornelis, 89,
203, 269, 271
Normal distribution, 208
North Polar Sequence, 197
Nova Persei 1901, 106
Nucleosynthesis, 102
O
Observatoire de Paris, 81, 84, 193
Oort-Graadt van Roggen, see Graadt
van Roggen, Johanna Maria
(Mieke)
Oort, Jan Hendrik, xi, 98, 101, 150,
151, 263, 264
Orden Pour le Mérite, 261
Orion, 184, 185, 238
Orion Nebula, 99, 183–185, 238
Oudemans, Jean Abraham Chrétien,
3, 5, 19, 55, 76, 84, 96, 217
P
Palomar Observatory, 85
Pannekoek, Antonie, 219, 222, 256
Parallactic method, 79
Parallax, 39, 277
secular, 112
Parsec, 40, 97, 277
Paul, Erich Robert, xi
Pearson, Karl, 210, 213
Perdok, Wiepko Gerhardus, 150, 155
Perot, Jean-Baptiste Alfred, 193
Physiological Laboratory, 77, 92
Pickering, Edward Charles, 127, 144,
145, 183, 192, 194, 226, 257,
282
Planck, Max Karl Ernst Ludwig, 226
Plan of Selected Areas, 141, 164, 177,
195, 228
Pleiades, 99, 138, 139, 186, 187, 238
Pogson, Norman Robert, 34, 277
Poisson, Siméon Denis, 20, 276
Polar height, 33, 70
Potsdam Astrophysikalisches
Observatorium, 105, 197, 227
Precession constant, 141
Precession of the equinox, 35, 112,
125
Preliminary General Catalog, 267
Probability distribution
log-normal, 209
normal, 208
skew, 208
Proper motion, 72, 85
Ptolemæus, Claudius (Ptolemy), 35
Pulkovo Observatorium, 5, 83, 84,
127, 192
Q
Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques,
210
Quincunx, 208–210
R
Radial velocity, 177
Rayleigh scattering, 189
Rector Magnificus, 92
Red giant, 98
Reflection nebula, 186
Refoband, 11
Refraction, 69
Resonances (Jupiter’s satellites), 109
Riccò, Annibale, 193
Right Ascension, 33
303
Natural Sciences Society (Groningen),
115–117, 160
Neutron star, 100
Newcomb, Simon, 30, 35, 124, 152,
226
Newton, Isaac, 28, 68, 171, 207
NGC 891, 101
Nijland, Albertus Antonie, 163, 197,
217, 218, 220, 267
Noordenbos, Greta, 261, 271
Noordenbos, Jan Willem, 271
Noordenbos, Willem Cornelis, 89,
203, 269, 271
Normal distribution, 208
North Polar Sequence, 197
Nova Persei 1901, 106
Nucleosynthesis, 102
O
Observatoire de Paris, 81, 84, 193
Oort-Graadt van Roggen, see Graadt
van Roggen, Johanna Maria
(Mieke)
Oort, Jan Hendrik, xi, 98, 101, 150,
151, 263, 264
Orden Pour le Mérite, 261
Orion, 184, 185, 238
Orion Nebula, 99, 183–185, 238
Oudemans, Jean Abraham Chrétien,
3, 5, 19, 55, 76, 84, 96, 217
P
Palomar Observatory, 85
Pannekoek, Antonie, 219, 222, 256
Parallactic method, 79
Parallax, 39, 277
secular, 112
Parsec, 40, 97, 277
Paul, Erich Robert, xi
Pearson, Karl, 210, 213
Perdok, Wiepko Gerhardus, 150, 155
Perot, Jean-Baptiste Alfred, 193
Physiological Laboratory, 77, 92
Pickering, Edward Charles, 127, 144,
145, 183, 192, 194, 226, 257,
282
Planck, Max Karl Ernst Ludwig, 226
Plan of Selected Areas, 141, 164, 177,
195, 228
Pleiades, 99, 138, 139, 186, 187, 238
Pogson, Norman Robert, 34, 277
Poisson, Siméon Denis, 20, 276
Polar height, 33, 70
Potsdam Astrophysikalisches
Observatorium, 105, 197, 227
Precession constant, 141
Precession of the equinox, 35, 112,
125
Preliminary General Catalog, 267
Probability distribution
log-normal, 209
normal, 208
skew, 208
Proper motion, 72, 85
Ptolemæus, Claudius (Ptolemy), 35
Pulkovo Observatorium, 5, 83, 84,
127, 192
Q
Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques,
210
Quincunx, 208–210
R
Radial velocity, 177
Rayleigh scattering, 189
Rector Magnificus, 92
Red giant, 98
Reflection nebula, 186
Refoband, 11
Refraction, 69
Resonances (Jupiter’s satellites), 109
Riccò, Annibale, 193
Right Ascension, 33