Nautical Almanac

...Used for various astronomical observations, as well as for compiling nautical almanacs and abbreviated astronomical calendars, they are the most accurate of their kind. In Japan, there is the "Celestial Position Table," but in other countries, there is the French calendar Connaissance des Temps (first published in 1679, published by the Bureau of Longitude), the English calendar Astronomical Ephemeris (formerly known as the Nautical Almanac, first published in 1767, published by the Greenwich Observatory), the German calendar Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch (first published in 1776, published by the Bureau of Astronomical Computing, ceased publication in 1959), the Spanish calendar Efemérides Astronomicas (formerly known as Almanaque Nautico, first published in 1791, published by the Naval Observatory), the American calendar American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac (first published in 1855, published by the Naval Observatory), the Soviet calendar Astronomicheskii Ezhegodnik (first published in 1922, published by the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy), and the Indian calendar Indian Ephemeris (first published in 1957, published by the Meteorological Bureau). [Genichiro Hori]. …

*Some of the terminology referenced in the Nautical Almanac is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…各種の天文観測の際に使われるほか，航海暦や簡略天文年表の編纂（へんさん）にも利用され，この種のものでは最高の精度を備えたものである。日本の天体暦には《天体位置表》があるが，外国では仏暦Connaissance des Temps(1679創刊，経度局発行)，英暦Astronomical Ephemeris(旧称Nautical Almanac,1767創刊，グリニジ天文台発行)，独暦Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch(1776創刊，天文計算局発行，1959廃刊)，スペイン暦Efemérides Astronomicas(旧称Almanaque Nautico,1791創刊，海軍天文台発行)，米暦American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac(1855創刊，海軍天文台発行)，ソ連暦Astronomicheskii Ezhegodnik(1922創刊，理論天文学研究所発行)，インド暦Indian Ephemeris(1957創刊，気象局)がある。【堀 源一郎】。…

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