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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: The astronomical almanac for the year 2006: data for astronomy, space sciences, geodesy, surveying, navigation and other applications.

    First published in 1983 54 editions in 1 language — 14 previewable Cover of edition astronomicalalma0000unse_x4b9 Cover of edition astronomicalalma0000unse_i5l9 Cover of edition isbn_0118869426 Cover of edition astronomicalalma0000unse_n8r6 Cover of edition astronomicalalma00naut Cover of edition astronomicalalma0000unse_l2u4 Cover of edition astronomicalalma0000unse_u1i3 Cover of edition astronomicalalma0000unse_y2o8 Cover of edition astronomicalalma0000unit
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  • Cover of: The American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac

    First published in 1867 4 editions — 4 previewable Cover of edition americanephemer12offigoog Cover of edition americanephemer63offigoog Cover of edition americanephemer00obsegoog
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  • Cover of: United States Naval Observatory

    First published in 1976 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Catalogue of stars observed at the United States Naval observatory during the years 1845 to 1871

    First published in 1873 3 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition spectrumhighpot00halerich Cover of edition cataloguestarso00obsegoog
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  • Cover of: Publications of the United States Naval Observatory, Second series

    First published in 1906 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition p2publicationsse09unituoft
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  • Cover of: Catalogue of stars observed at the United States Naval observatory: during the years 1845 to 1877

    First published in 1889 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition cataloguestarso00frisgoog
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  • Cover of: Instructions for observing the total solar eclipse of July 29, 1878.

    First published in 1878 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition instructionsfor00obsegoog
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  • Cover of: Reduction tables for equatorial observations

    First published in 1905 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Reports on observations of the total eclipse of the sun, August, 7, 1869.

    First published in 1870 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition reportsonobserv00obsegoog
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  • Cover of: Results of observations made at the United States Naval observatory with the transit instrument and mural circle in the years 1853 to 1860, inclusive.

    First published in 1872 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Total solar eclipses of August 30, 1905, and June 8, 1918

    First published in 1924 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Zones of stars observed at the United States Naval observatory with the meridan transit instrument in the years 1846, 1847, 1848, and 1849.

    First published in 1872 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Zones of stars observed at the United States Naval Observatory with the mural circle in the years 1846, 1847, 1848, and 1849

    First published in 1872 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Zones of stars observed at the United States Naval Observatory with the Meridian Circle in the years 1847, 1848, and 1849.

    First published in 1873 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Equatorial observations. 1893-1907.

    First published in 1911 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The present status of the use of Standard Time

    First published in 1906 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: 2002 Nautical Almanac Commercial Edition

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  • Cover of: Astronomical, magnetic and meteorological observations made during the year 1891 [and 1892] at the United States naval observatory

    First published in 1899 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Catalog of 3,520 zodiacal stars: based on observations with the six-inch transit circle, 1928-1930, reduced without proper motion to the equinox 1925.0

    First published in 1938 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Catalogue of 23521 stars between 13p0s 35ʹ and 45p0s 25ʹ south declination for the equinox 1850.: From zone observations made at the United States Naval observatory, 1846-1852.

    First published in 1911 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