Primarily for Graduates.
Course 5D: Spherical and Practical Astronomy: Course 2C prerequisite.—Determination
of the positions of the fixed stars, preparation
of star catalogues, statistical study of the structure of the sidereal
universe. Hours by appointment.
Course 6D: Celestial Mechanics: Course 4C prerequisite.—Problem
of three bodies, and theory of perturbations. Hours by appointment.
Course 7D: Lunar Theory: Course 4C prerequisite.—Hours by
appointment.
Course 8D: Recent Advances in Celestial Mechanics: Course
5D prerequisite.—Researches of Hill, Newcomb, Glydén, Poincaré, and
others. Hours by appointment.
For information in regard to Fellowships in Astronomy application
should be made to the Professor in charge of the School.
The Astronomical Observatory is situated upon an elevation
known as 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
building and instrument are the gift of Leander J. McCormick, Esq.,
of Chicago. The computing rooms are adjoining, and contain clock,
chronograph, etc., and a working library. In a smaller building are
a three-inch Fauth transit and a four-inch Kahler equatorial.
A temporary Students' Observatory has been recently erected in
the rear of Dawson's Row, and is intended more especially for the
use of students in Course 1B.
