Stars and Galaxies
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Observation of Klinkerfues comet in Japan on 1853 - Evaluation of the technical arts of astronomical observations at Tsuchimikado (Kyoto) and Hazama (Osaka) -
Harufumi Tamazawa Kiyomi IwahashiReizaburou Kitai
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2023 Volume 6 Pages 9-

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Klinkerfues comet (1853) was observed at Tsuchimikado in Kyoto and Hazama in Osaka in Japan. Their daily observational records were found to give us numerical data of apparent positions of the comet and permit us to get equatorial coordinates of daily positions of the comet. By mutual comparison of observational accuracies , we found that (1) there are error of +4◦ in azimuth and −2◦ in altitude in Tsuchimikado’s measureing device setting and that after the correction of device setting error, the orbit of the comet well fit the western observational result with a random error of 2◦. (2) The orbit derived from Hazama measurement is less well fit the western observational result than Tsuchimikado’s measurements, with a random error of 5◦.
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