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Sherburne Wesley Burnham was the son of Roswell O. and Marinda (Foote) Burnham, was born on December 12, 1838 at Thetford, Vermont.
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Excerpt from A General Catalogue of 1290 Double Stars Discovered From 1871 to 1899 by S. W. Burnham: Arranged in Order of Right Ascension With All the Micrometrical Measures of Each Pair A general catalogue of all the double stars discovered by me from time to time during the past twenty-hwe years has long been needed by those interested in this field of astronomical research. And, by reason of the special interest attached to many of these remote sidereal systems. It has'becomc more and more important to bring the scattered material together in order to intelligently pursue the investigations which promise to so much increase our knowledge of the great universe beyond the solar system. These discoveries are scattered through nineteen different catalogues. Published at various times and places, commencing with 1873; and the observation of these stars by a great num ber of astronomers in this country and in Europe can only be made use of by consulting hundreds of volumes of observatory and society publications. Astronomisal periodicals. Etc. I t is difl'icult. If not practically impossible. For the general observer or investigator to make a really complete collee tion of all the measures of a large number of these stars, Many of the observations are in obscure and unusual places. And in works not always readily accessible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...486; IXII, 383)... Espin (Mon. Not. LXIV, 676)... (See p. 1071) 4449. Argus 285. Dunlop 61'. This Star is No. 61 of » S»: Dunlop's Catalogue of Double Stars (Mem. R. A. S. III). Dif. R. A. = 3.o5. There is some error in this place given from Dunlop. I have looked for this star several times, and am certain there is nothing in, or near this place. No bright star near. The nearest pair I could find at all corresponding was H 4035 (Argus 274) 1317: 30'±: Ji...9. This is, R. A. 7h58,n24"; Decl.-327'. sa' 4477. t Cancri. 2 1196. (= Jf.1. 04 = 9 III. 19= Shgo.) A well-known triple system. The orbit of the close pair is as accurately determined as that of any observed binary. More than one revolution has been completed since the measures of Struve. Commencing with 1826 we have a nearly continuous series of measures by the best observers down to the present time. The only way to improve the elements of the orbit is to confine the investigation to observations of this character, rejecting altogether from consideration the great mass of micrometrical work, which is more or less incomplete, and uncertain in value. It seems unnecessary to give here even a selected number of the best measures. On the accompanying diagram the following positions are shown: 1826-1836 2 1880-1890 HI 1840-1874 02 1892 /3 1875-1878 A 1897-1903 A, Hu 780 The third star, C, has a slow retrograde motion about AB, the mean annual motion being about o?5, with no sensible change in the distance. The diagram shows 52 yearly SCALE £ Cancri. A and B The following orbits have been computed, the date of the last measure used being given in the first column: Orbits 1875-1878 1880-1891 positions of this star between 1821 and 1891 by four of the leading observers: 1821-1836 2 8 18...
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Excerpt from Measures of Double Stars With the 40-Inch Refractor of the Yerkes Observatory in 1900 and 1901 The double-star measures recorded here were made principally in the years 1900 and 1901. The observations preceding this period were almost entirely of the B stars; and the mean results have been incorporated in the General Catalogue of 1290 Double Stars discovered by the writer from 1871 to 1899, and issued in 1900 as Vol. I of the Publications of the Yerkes Observatory. The detailed measures have not been printed, but, as the results have been given in connection with all the measures of these stars, arranged In chronological order, I have not thought it worth while to give the separate observations. In making the working-list of objects for measurement, the purpose was to include no star likely to be observed elsewhere, and to confine it wholly to long-neglected and little-known pairs, and those which for the lack of sufficient measures, or the uncertainty of the early results, could not be classified as to motion or otherwise. These stars, so far as the early astronomers are concerned, come largely from the several catalogues of the two Herschels and South, with some of the rejected Struve pairs also catalogued and roughly measured by Herschel II. Many of these, and particularly those from Herschel I. And South, are wide pairs, and too widely separated to be considered by modern observers as double stars in the proper sense of the term; and, whenever change has been found in this class of objects, it is very probable that it is due to the proper motion of one or the other of the components. In the other class, where the distances are less, the changes, if confirmed by later observations, may point to physical systems, though, of course, the orbital movement would of necessity be slow. It seemed very desirable that these stars, among the oldest known so far as the literature of the subject is concerned, and observed by the most eminent astronomers who have ever lived, should receive sufficient attention from modern observers to show whether or not In this long interval there has been any relative motion. In many instances the measures now made do not satisfactorily determine this, since the apparent change may be accounted for by errors in the single observations made when the pair was first catalogued, and another series of measures at some later time may be necessary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Sherburne Wesley Burnham was the son of Roswell O. and Marinda (Foote) Burnham, was born on December 12, 1838 at Thetford, Vermont.
He graduated from the Academy at Thetford, Vermont marked the end of his schooling.
During the Civil War he was stationed with the Federal army in New Orleans as shorthand reporter. He had practised shorthand by himself and had gone to New York in 1857 or 1858. After the war he went to Chicago and acted as official court reporter for more than twenty years, winning, at the same time, with his tireless energy, a world-wide reputation as an astronomer. His days were fully occupied in taking down the court reports and writing them out in long hand; at night, he carried out a full program of observing.
Twenty years later he went to the Lick Observatory as a member of the staff and remained there until 1892, when he returned to Chicago, serving from then until 1902 as clerk of the United States circuit court. From 1897 to 1902 he acted as receiver for the Northern Pacific Railway.
From 1897 until his retirement in 1914, he was senior astronomer at the Yerkes Observatory. Burnham's first interest in astronomy seems to have been aroused by reading Barritt's Geography of the Heavens, purchased in New Orleans. He soon began to trace out the constellations pictured in the book. A small, cheap telescope, which he purchased, was soon exchanged for a better one.
In 1869 he ordered from Alvan Clark & Sons a six-inch telescope which was to be the best that they could make, especially in respect to its defining power, for by this time his interest had become focused on the observation of double stars.
He had no micrometer, but he soon secured the sympathetic interest of the Polish astronomer, Baron Dembowski, who devoted much of his time to measuring the new Burnham stars. Burnham dedicated the "General Catalogue" of his own double stars (Publications of the Yerkes Observatory, Volume I) to this staunch friend.
The major part of his astronomical library, at this time, consisted of a copy of Webb's Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes. The literature of double stars was scattered through periodicals and observatory publications, few of which were easily accessible to him. The need of a single catalogue was very insistent. In the interests of his own work he felt compelled to make manuscript copies from various libraries, some of them at a considerable distance, of all the material bearing on the subject.
This material, brought together in a manuscript catalogue, contained the data on every known double star within 121° of the north pole, and enabled Burnham quickly to discriminate between known and new double stars. This catalogue passed into a second and a third edition, and finally appeared as A General Catalogue of Double Stars, published in 1906 by the Carnegie Institution of Washington.
The manuscript edition was continued and kept up to date with all published observations. It is now being carried forward by Professor Aitken. The preparation of this catalogue constantly suggested the necessity of re-observation of many stars, and Burnham's observations at the forty-inch Yerkes telescope, from 1900 to 1906, were mainly devoted to supplying this need.
His later observations were chiefly the measurement of double stars with reference to faint stars in their vicinity, with a view to the eventual knowledge of their proper motions. His work on double stars was begun at a time when it was generally supposed that the Struves and the Herschels had left no more double stars to be found.
His keen insight kept his attention on these pairs as having a large probability of orbital motion. An occasional measurement was sufficient for the more widely separated pairs. His observations, which were of the highest accuracy, were made with great rapidity.
After he resigned his position as court clerk he still preferred to live in Chicago and travel out to the Yerkes Observatory for the two nights a week, Saturday and Sunday, during which the forty-inch was entirely reserved for his use. The round trip involved a distance of about 160 miles on the railroad and a three-mile walk. In winter he often had to break his own path through the snow between the railroad station and the Observatory.
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He brought to this work an exceptionally keen eye, a tireless industry, and boundless enthusiasm.
He is described by Professor Barnard as a man of slight, wiry build, tough as iron, with not an ounce of surplus flesh. His professional associates had a high opinion of him as an astronomer; he had many friends among the judges and lawyers with whom he came in contact in his daily life, and other friends who knew him only during his wanderings and recreations.
In 1868 he was married to Mary Cleland.