Third Melbourne Catalogue of 3068 Stars for the Equinox 1890 (1884.7 to 1894.0) [First Edition, 1917]
Melbourne: Government Printer, 1917. Deduced from Observations Made at the Melbourne Observatory Under the Direction of Robert L. J. Ellery. 4to, Volume III (1917) pp. viii, 77, some browing to endpapers of volume III, or. cl. boards, v.g. condition
Scarce. Robert Lewis John Ellery (1827-1908), astronomer and public servant was the first appointed Director of The Observatory in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia). 'Melbourne Results of Astronomical Observations,' observation results made with a new transit cricle (installed 1884) during the period 1884.7-1894.0. The manuscript of this catalogue was prepared in 1902 but publication was not funded intil 1917. Item #92700
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