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United States Naval Observatory

The United States Naval Observatory (USNO) is one of the oldest scientific agencies in the United States, with a primary mission to produce Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) for the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Department of Defense.
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scientific agency and observatory in Washington, D.C., United States

Born 6 December 1830

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  • Cover of: Determination of the difference of longitude between Washington and Paris 1913-1914.

    First published in 1916 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Equatorial observations, 1908-1926.

    First published in 1929 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Fifth catalog of trigonometric parallaxes of faint stars

    First published in 1978 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Fourth catalog of trigonometric parallaxes of faint stars

    First published in 1976 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Magnetic observations at the United States Naval Observatory: 1894

    First published in 1895 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Miscellaneous astronomical papers.

    First published in 1911 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Miscellaneous reports on the transit of Mercury of November 10, 1894.

    First published in 1911 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: November meteors of 1868: U. S. Naval observatory, Washington.

    First published in 1868 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Observations and discussions on the November meteors of 1867.

    First published in 1867 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Observations made with the nine-inch transit circle, 1903-1908

    First published in 1915 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Observations made with the nine-inch transit circle, 1908-1911

    First published in 1918 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Observations made with the nine-inch transit circle, 1912-1913

    First published in 1918 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Observations made with the prime vertical transit instrument, 1893-1912

    First published in 1926 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Observations of 495 zodiacal stars with the nine-inch transit circle.: 1900.

    First published in 1903 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Observations of Eros and reference stars with the nine-inch transit circle. 1900-1901.

    First published in 1903 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Observations of the transit of Mercury, November 11-12, 1940.

    First published in 1942 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Observations with the prime vertical transit instrument.: 1882-1884.

    First published in 1903 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Observations with the six-inch transit circle, 1901-1902

    First published in 1906 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Photographic equatorial observations, 1912-1924, and Photoheliographic observations, 1917-1927.

    First published in 1929 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Proper motions of 2,916 intermediary stars mostly in declination -5 ̊to -30,̊

    First published in 1939 1 edition in 1 language
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scientific agency and observatory in Washington, D.C., United States

Born 6 December 1830
Subjects
Observations, Stars, Astronomy, Catalogs, Solar eclipses, Longitude, Parallax, Planets, Tables, Transit, Asteroids, Astronomical instruments, Chronometers, Cosmogony, Interoceanic Canals, Meteors, Nautical almanacs, November, Radio, Time - Systems and standards, United States Naval Observatory, (433), Almanacs, Astronomical Refraction, Astronomical observatories
Places
Moon, Sun, Mercury (Planet), United States
Time
1878, 1869, 1870, 1874, 1880, 1894, 1900, 1900-1909, 1901, 1905, 1918, 1923, 1940

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  • United States Naval Observatory.
  • United States. Naval observatory
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December 16, 2022 Edited by MARC Bot add entity_type=org and remote_ids
September 9, 2013 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
June 1, 2011 Edited by marycee improved bio, added NOP link
June 1, 2011 Edited by marycee Added new photo
September 12, 2008 Created by ImportBot Imported from Western Washington University MARC record