For Graduates.
Astronomy D1: Advanced Practical Astronomy: Astronomy C1 prerequisite.—Determination
of the positions of the fixed stars, use of transit
instrument, equatorials and measuring machines. Hours by appointment.
Professor Mitchell.
Astronomy D2: Theoria Motus: Astronomy B1 and Mathematics B2
(or its equivalent) prerequisite.—Determination of the position of an
undisturbed body from known elements, determination of the elements of
an undisturbed orbit, theory of special perturbations. Hours by appointment.
Professor Mitchell.
Astronomy D3: Advanced Celestial Mechanics: Astronomy C2 prerequisite.—Problem
of three bodies, and theory of general perturbations.
Hours by appointment. Professor Mitchell.
Astronomy D4: Photographic Astronomy: Astronomy C1 prerequisite.—Theory
and reduction of astronomical photographs, including spectrograms.
Hours by appointment. Professor Mitchell.
For information in regard to the Vanderbilt Fellowships in Astronomy.
see the General Catalogue.
The Astronomical Observatory is situated upon Mount Jefferson,
which furnishes an unobstructed horizon. The principal building is a
rotunda forty-five feet in diameter, and contains the great Clark refractor
of twenty-six inches aperture. The instrument and building are the gift of
the late Leander J. McCormick, Esq., of Chicago. The telescope is fitted
with micrometer, photometer, and a plate-holder for stellar photography.
The computing rooms adjoining contain clocks, chronograph, machines for
measuring astronomical photographs and spectrograms, and an excellent
working library. In a smaller building are a three-inch transit and a six-inch
equatorial.
