Description:
This annual publication provides a summary of selected astronomical events.
It is published several years in advance and contains much of Section A of
the corresponding Astronomical Almanac. This
publication includes the phases of the Moon, eclipses of the Sun and Moon,
principal occultations, planetary phenomena, elongations and magnitudes of
the planets, times of sunrise/set and moonrise/set. Also tabulated are the
equation of time, the declination of the Sun and the Greenwich hour angles
of the pole stars Polaris and σ Octantis.
A joint publication with the United States Naval Observatory.
Purchase:
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Status:
- The 2012 edition is available:
UKHO General Publication number: GP 200-12
Published in the US: 2009 December 14th
13 character ISBN: 978-0-16-0845796
Pages: 82
Retail price: £11.30 - The 2013 edition is available:
UKHO General Publication number: GP 200-13
Published in the US: 2010 December 14th
13 character ISBN: 978-0-16-0866197
Pages: 85
Retail price: £11.30 - The 2014 edition is available:
UKHO General Publication number: GP 200-14
Published in the US: 2011 December 29th
13 character ISBN: 978-0-16-0895586
Pages: 79
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