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Csillagászati Évkönyv Az 1954 CSILLAGÁSZATI ÉVKÖNYV AZ 1954. ÉVRE % • Tartalomjegyzékből: Róka Gedeon: Csillagászat és dialektika. — Herczeg Tibor: Az égitestek rádiófrekvenciás sugár­ zása. — Guman István: Távolságmérés a változó csillagok segítségével. — Dezső Lóránt—Gerlei Ottó: A naptevékenység és a bolygók. — Csada Imre: A csillagok mágnessége. — Zerinváry Szilárd: A szov­ jet csillagászat új eredményei. MŰVELT NÉP KÖNYVKIADÓ CSILLAGÁSZATI ÉVKÖNYV AZ 1954. ÉVRE ( SZERKESZTETTE A TÁRSADALOM ÉS TERMÉSZETTUDOMÁNYI ISMERETTERJESZTŐ TÁRSULAT CSILLAGÁSZATI SZAKOSZTÁLYA MŰVELT NÉP KÖNYVKIADÓ BUDAPEST, 1954 A kiadásért felel a Művelt Nép Könyvkiadó Igazgatója Felelős szerkesztő: Neu Piroska Műszaki vezető: Löblln Imre Kézirat beérkezett: 1953. X I. 27. Példányszám: 1500. — Imprlmálva: 1954. II. 5. Terjedelem: 17.5 (A/5) Ív Ez a könyv a MNOSZ 5601—50Á és 5602—50Á szabványok szerint készült. Budapesti Szikra Nyomda, V., Honvéd-u. 10. — 16078 Felelős vezető: Lengyel Lajos Igazgató CSILLAGÁSZATI ADATOK AZ 1954. ÉVRE Összeállították: Csada Imre és Guman István tudomá­ nyos kutatók, Mersits József tudományos munkaerő a Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Csillagvizsgáló Intézeténél I. JANUÁR Középeurópai zónaidőber Budapesti :n £ A NAP A HOLD hete nyug­ nyug­ napja féhyváltozásai A A hét napjai Az Az év hányadik A A HOLD Az év Az év hányadik kel delel kel Q szik szik h m h m h m h m h m h m 1 p 1 i 7 32 11 47 16 03 4 12 12 41 2 Sz 2 7 32 11 48 16 05 5 18 13 22 3 V 3 7 32 11 48 16 06 6 17 14 16 4 H ' 2 4 7 32 11 49 16 06 7 10 15 20 5 K 5 7 32 11 49 16 07 7 52 16 34 % 2 21 6 Sz 6 7 32 11 50 16 08 8 25 17 52 7 Cs 7 7 32 11 50 16 09 8 53 19 11 8 P 8 7 31 11 51 16 10 9 16 20 30 9 Sz 9 7 31 11 51' 16 12 9 37 21 49 10 V 10 7 30 11 51 16 13 9 58 23 07 11 H 3 11 7 30 11 52 16 14 10 18 __ 12 K 12 7 29 11 52 16 16 10 43 0 26 3 0 22 13 Sz 13 7 29 11 52 16 17 11 11 1 46 14 Cs 14 7 29 11 53 16 19 11 47 2 04 < 15 P 15 7 28 11 53 16 20 12 32 4 19 16 Sz 16 7 28 11 53 16 21 13 29 5 25 17 V 17 7 27 11 54 16 22 14 35 6 18 18 H 4 18 7 26 11 54 16 24 15 47 7 00 19 K 19 7 25 11 55 16 25 17 01 7 32 (E> 2 37 20 Sz 20 7 24 11 55 16 27 18 12 7 57 21 Cs 21 7 23 11 55 16 28 19 21 8 18 22 P 22 7 22 11 56 16 30 20 27 8 36 23 Sz 23 7 22 11 56 16 31 21 31 8 53 24 V 24 7 21 11 56 16 32 22 36 '9 10 25 H 5 25 7 20 11 56 16 34 23 43 9 27 26 K 26 7^ 19 11 56 16 35 9 47 27 Sz 27 7 17 11 57 16 37 0 47 10 10- C 3 28 28 Cs 28 7 16 11 57 16 39 1 54 10 38 . 29 P 29 7 15 11 57 16 40 3 00 11 15 30 Sz 30 7 14 11 57 16 42 4 02 12 01 31 V 31 7 13 11 57 16 43 4 58 13 00 Nap: 2-án 9^-kor földközelben. Hold: 10-én llh-kor földközelben, látszólagos sugara: 16' 10", 9 25-én 13h-kor földtávolban, látszólagos sugara: 14'47",8 4 HÓNAP Oh V i 1 á g i d ő k o r —- A NAP A HOLD Julián Pctliíio-irln dátum (1-.= 0 3-nál) 2434... rekta- dekliná­ látszó­ rekta- dekliná­ szccnziója ciója sugara szcenziója ciója O 1 h m s h m O r / H h m ...743,5 6 40 26,47 18 44 — 23 04 16 18 15 11 -22 37 744,5 6 44 23,03 18 48 22 59 16 18 16 04 24 54 745,5 6 48 19,60 18 53 22 54 16 18 17 00 25 58 746,5 6 52 16,16 18 57 22 48 16 18 17 58 25 38 747,5 6 56 12,73 19 01 22 42 16 18 18 56 23 50 748,5 7 00 09,30 19 06 22 35 16 18 19 54 20 38 749,5 7 04 05,85 19 10 22 28 16 18 20 49 16 14 750,5 7 08 02,41 19 14 22 21 16 18 21 43 10 54 751,5 7 11 58,96 19 19 22 13 16 18 22 35 — 4 59 752,5 7 15 55,51 19 23 22 04 16 18 23 26 + 1 13 753,5 7 19 52,07 19 28 21 55 16 18 0 17 7 21 754,5 7 23 48,62 19 32 21 46 16 18 1 10 13 06 755,5 7 27 45,17 19 36 21 36 16 18 2 04 18 08 756,5 7 31 41,73 19 41 21 26 16 18 3 02 22 08 757,5 7 35 38,29 19 45 21 10 16 17 4 01 24 49 758,5 7 39 34,86 19 49 21 05 16 17 5 02 25 59 759,5 7 43 31,42 19 53 20 53 16 17 6 02 25 33 760,5 7 47 27,99 19 58 20 42 16 17 7 01 23 38 761,5 7 51 24,55 20 02 20 29 16 17 7 56 20 28 762,5 7 55 21,11 20 06 20 17 16 17 8 48 16 21 763,5 7 59 17,66 20 10 20 04 16 17 9 36 11 35 764,5 8 03 14,21 20 15 19 51 16 17 10 22 6 26 765,5 8 07 10,77 *20 19 19 37 16 17 11 06 + 1 09 766,5 8 11 07,32 20 23 19 23 16- 17 11 50 — 4 06 767,5 8 15 03,87 20 27 19 09 16 17 12 33 9 09 768,5 8 19 00,42 20 31 18 54 16 17 13 17 13 51 769,5 8 22 56,97 20 36 18 39 16 16 14 03 18 02 770,5 8 26 53,53 20 40 18 24 16 16 14 52 21 33 771,5 8 30 50,09 20 44 18 08 16 16 15 44 24 10 772,5 8 34 46,65 20 48 . 17 52 16 16 16 38 25 42 773,5 8 38 43,21 20 52 — 17 35 16 16 17 35 25 56 X FEBRUÁR fCözépeurópai zónaidőben Budapesti n A NAP A HOLD hete' napja nyug­ nyug- fényváltozásai Dátum A A hét napjai Az év Az év hányadik Az év Az év hányadik kel delel kel szik szik A HOLD h m h m h m h m h m h m 1 H 6 32 7 12 11 57 16 44' 5 45 14 10 2 K 33 7 10 11 58 16 16 6 22 15 27 3 Sz 34 7 09 11 58 16 48 6 53 16 48 Ü15 55 4 Cs 35 7 07 11 58 16 50 7 18 18 09 5 P 36 7 06 11 58 16 51 7 41 19 30 6 Sz 37 7 05 11 58 16 53 8 02 20 51 7 V 38 7 04 11 58 16 54 8 21 22 13 8 H 7 39 7 02 11 58 16 55 8- 47 23 34 9 K 40 7 00 11 58 16 57 9 14 10 Sz 41 6 59 11 58 16 59 9 49 0 55 1 8 29 11 Cs 42 6 57 1 1 58 17 01 10 30 2 11 12 P 43 6 56 11 58 17 02 11 22 3 18 13 Sz 44 6 55 11 58 17 04 12 24 4 13 14 V 45 6 53 11 58 17 05 13 34 4 59 15 H 8 46 6 51 11 58 17 07 14 45 5 33 16 K 47 6 49 11 58 17 08 15 56 6 01 17 Sz 48 6 47 11 58 17 10 17 06 6 24 © 19 17 18 Cs 49 6 45 11 58 17 12 18 12 6 42 19 P 50 6 44 11 58 17 13 19 18 6 59 20 Sz 51 6 43 11 58 17 14 20 24 7 16 21 V 52 6 41 1 1 58 17 16 21 28 7 33 22 H 9 53 6 39 11 58 17 17 22 33 7 52 23 K 54 6 37 11 58 17 23 39 8 13 24 Sz 55 6 35 11 57 17 21 8 38 25 Cs 56 6 34 . 11 57 17 23 0 45 9 11 &23 29 26 P 57 6 32 11 57 17 23 1 48 9 53 27 Sz 58 6 30 11 57 17 24 2 45 10 44 28 V 59 6 28 11 57 17 26 3 35 11 46 I Hold: 6-án 7h-kor földközelben, látszólagos sugara: 16-24", 6 22-cn 8^-kor földtávolban, látszólagos sugara: 14,45//, 7 6 HÓNAP 0h v i 1 i g i d ő k o r A NAP Á HOLD Julián Csillagidő dátum (l = 0°-nál) 2434..
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