Yale Star Catalogue

Japanese: イェール星表 - いぇーるせいひょう
Yale Star Catalogue

…During that time, the number of stars for which trigonometric parallax was measured increased from several hundred to several thousand as his method became more widespread. Schlesinger built a long refracting telescope with a 76 cm aperture and a 14 m focal length (aperture ratio 18.6) at the Allegheny Observatory, and during his time at the Yale University Observatory, he built a 66 cm aperture refracting telescope in Johannesburg, South Africa. He measured the positions and proper motions of many stars using photographic plates, and published the Yale Zone Catalogue, which contained 150,000 stars in 15 volumes. He served as president of the International Astronomical Union from 1932 to 1935, and was active internationally. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the Yale Star Catalog is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その間に彼の方法の普及によって,三角視差を測定された星の数は数百から数千にまで増加した。シュレシンジャーはアレゲニー天文台では口径76cm,焦点距離14m(口径比18.6)の長大な屈折望遠鏡を建設し,イェール大学天文台の時代には口径66cmの屈折望遠鏡を南アフリカのヨハネスバーグにつくり,撮影乾板から多数の星の位置と固有運動を測定して,全15巻に15万の星を収めたイェール星表Yale Zone Catalogueを出版した。32年から35年まで国際天文学連合会長を務め,広く国際的にも活躍した。…

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