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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART AMSI a:.-l ISO 'EST CHART No 2 1.0 lii 136 m 12.2 I.I lis lllllio 1.8 III I OC mil . .4 i.6 ^ "IPPLIED IIVHGE IM RI.ICA'IIOXS ui nil DOMINION ()BSER\ ATORV ol I \\\ A. ( ANADA ownvi (»F 'iiii: spi.c'iKosf (»ri( lUNAin j sai.itt i; m iii;^ Noi.i) K. ^ I II N(,. I'h.i). m U03 P04-03 Til.- l)iii:iry clianiclcr nf 2 S;i^:itt;c ',,!',' IMI'". 5- ^ Iti" t'i', typ.' \:'<. 1:1:1^. I'.'J' WM- aiinnimcrd Ky Ailaiii> in tlic .I.s7/'V''"/'^'""' ■li'iimul. \ n\. :?."). pajic l((. Othrr (Ic-isiiiatioii- t'i>r - Sa^ilta' arc i'.o-s l'.U7 ami I MM'. 7:'.ti'.i. I'm ty-l'oiir >p('ctr(iiirams M'currd at tlii- (iIimtn aini-y. willi a uiic-pii-iii -peel ini^iapli. lia\i' l)rcii u~('il in (Iclcniiiniiiy; an oriiit. Shurtiy aftiT tin- >lar wa- pia.",l ,,n li liM'r\inu piofiraiiiinc, it was (liM'ovcml that hnlli >p<>(ira were pif-^cnt. 'I'iic widc-i .-(•parat ion liclwoi-n llir components i- |>roximatioii. Better element^ couM ho obtained with hijiher (li>i)er>inn. for the line- when not confii-ed liy the secondary spectrum are fairlx' -hai') and narrow. Talile 1 y:ive~ the ilata necr— ary foi' correctiii}: the \\ ;i\ e-lni^lii- u-ed in makiiin the reductions. The re-i tho>e uixen in the tahle v.cre occasioniili.N' measured. The ionrnal of oliMMxation- taken at .Mount Wil.-on and Ottawa follow- in ■j'ables II and III. I'lia-e~ ai( unteil from .lulian Hay ■J.fjn.'.ilOII. The residuals ^iveu in the eitihth column are taken fi-om the final curve, and .-hould he accurate to the neaie-t kilometre. Tho-c marked with an a~terisk. result from irttes which lie on that part of the orhil where tlie two M'ts of lines are not clearly sei)aiated and the velocity i- the mea>ur • of the hleiid. 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It might .ni lalioiirious to draw all tlie-e ciM\es, hut one curve will do for four values of w by iincrting the sheet or looking through the linen from the back, -o that the labom- is not m) great a> it appeals at hr-t >ighl. The construction of a c()mi)lete set of curves occupies about ten hours, if the protractors are already at hand. The calculations need be made but once. In .-electing a set of elements, the normal place> are plotted on the scale (.f ihe-e curves. This -upposes that we know the amplitude of the curve. .Mthough thi- is \inknown, it is the mo-t ea.sily deterniined of all the element- and can usually be selected with sufficient accuracy at the lir-t trial. The cm-\ e- are now fitted in turn over the normal places till the one mo-t satisf:ictory i- found. If tw • more cin'\cs -eeiti to give ecpially good rei)resentation-, it i- quite po-sible to interpolate elements i)etween the graphs l)lotted, and so obtain a result with the eccentricity within one or two hundredths and o) within u few degrees. In the pre-ent case a wide range of valui's of w will satisfy the normal places about e(|ually well. These values center about oj-^i^^d and c=^() (I."). The uncertainty in the \alue of w is partly dependent on the fact that the obser\ations where the spectra are just .separating can not lie given much weight. In the least-s(iuare solution, recorded below, tliey were omitted, and to make th(> solution determinate periastron i)assage was fixed. .NollM.Vl. l'i-.\( KS l'h:l.st' fldlll ()-(' () (' .lullali |)a> J 1) .', r.MI.'.MO (1 \VI,„,i> W.i^lii I'lcliiiiinary 1 illMl 1 ■J, l-'(l,;H()()-ll (1 (111 o7 ■ -i 1(1 f 2 m •i (I4(»-4M II 4M -411 1 II - L' ■ 'J7 - :i -.'.'i 3 1141 O.W 1().")S -25-7 II ."> + 2 (ill f- 77 4 H.j _• ■ tiS,"! +33-8 li Hi - S '}' ti (HIi (Mi4 :i (m;4 H-ain 1 II II ."ij 2 :i2 ; Mlii .S.'lJ ;( ,s.v.' +W> 1 II . II II II III N !fH jr.7 1 -'(17 +«wo II ^ , lii:i ! .' 711 •( !M4 .->.-.it i :,:ai +53. 1 1 II (1 s.' ' 11 111 lU '.i4.'i 110 .-| 110 +31 II :: ■_' .'j.S Ilii7 II '.H.'i ,j7.s .".-."h.S + 9-7 1 II - :'. '.14 I..SII u 'M'.j iiji) ii.:!iNl - 9-2 1 t- ."iS'.l f 7-fiS 13 !I4(; HtV4 (i Mil i -31-7 It) ] - II- Is ( II 7" t)i!Hir (ii iiir: si-h rnosi cric iunaii^ :\(;ri r.i; 65 I'liKI.IMlNARV KI.IMKNTS /' --7 ^(Xldiiy- '/'^Jiilian Day ■2A-2{),'J\:',-2:U K =.■);<•{) km. w =330° . =()■().-) 7 '= + l()-70 kiii. ^ =4S^.7!4.-) OHSi:i!\ AI'lOX IX^l ATlllNS I Ii S. - 7;5s - ()7:{ + (t siu t- 1(M1 + i( ■<).")() + DSl.-) + ()«1 + t)0."j.j - 0-797 X =dy .'/ =dK z =K(le j) = Kdu U =- ^- ootiii -r ori'.i:; - I)-2.S!I - D'.INO i- lllilil f ()so:i f lli-J - o;i;iii - (Mil.' - OMl + osi;i 111) ()■:.>:!:! (I lii'.i Mils iiti.")(i 031 (1 :ifl7 01)11 os«7 07.-. ,">17 + - (I - I - + f + + + + |-.':i i o:(:{ (i!») (Mil M7 tj.JU 911 9*1 489 dT - (Ml - 1 oa 4- 0H2 + ;i-94 + 0-lS Wiinlil . N'oR.MM, i:qr\ll()NS llMOO.r + (i 4()l(y f S(»:k - ()S()/> - •_>t)4(l = (l + .") ■ 888// - • 8 .■) 1 2 - ■ -) 17/) + 1 • :{•_>() = ( ) 4- .")■(>(>()? - t\'A2lu + !!l'(> = (> + 4 218/y -U) 3n(> = (> (i<; ri lii.K A riu\s 111 nil. dumimun onsi u\ aihk^ whence, (/.(■ =^ -|-0-2!».") .ir ily = +()L>'.) km. f/(/ --= -0 ((.■)! ,/A,'- -do:, km. dz = -0 114 (A = (M) ;{ iiNAi. i.i.i;mi:ni> /' =7 :{>l() (l:iy> 7' =.hili;iii Da.v 2.4-_'{l,U4;M':i:i u' =:«•_'■<; ( =(»•().■) a: =.VJ'.i.', km. 7 = ^-11 () km. (/ sin / =:),;57(),(K)0 km. //(I sin" ( 1 ///-+-//(! I '■' = 011 o Hussell's short Ki'ipl'ii'al methoil \v;is tried iillcr the foiegoinn -oliitioii was cDIiipleted. This metliod a^^rees witli tlie iir^t in estalili-hilifj the [ireseiiee cil' eceentiicit.v. The ■■anomai.N" diaj!;iam. lidwever. does not yield a smooth curve, and the position of ix'riastroii and w remain somewhat uncertain. The measures of the secondary spectrum are not of siithcient value to help in determining the elements of the primary. They were formed into two normal I)laces as follows; ri,:.- V.l,„iu WViKl.t II 1\ list SI 1 km. (il I) km. 1 lom these we obtain the following additional elements: /\i -7.\S km. (/,sin / -=7,4',t().(»(M) km. ///, '~in ' (' - (!■(),"> O //( sin' I =()i)I Qi dominion Obser\atory Ottawa. ,lanuarv, 1!)17. HMI I I>1 lllli SI'Kt I Hl)S( (il'H l