The title of this work is: The letters of Baron Francis X. Zach, Director of the Observatory of Gotha-Seeberg, and his successors Bernard von Lindenau to Father Martin Alois David, Assistant Astronomer and Director of the Royal Observatory of Prague from 1791 till 1816. The study contains a) 62 letters of Zach, b) 9 letters of Lindenau, all of them being of astronomical interest and kept in the records of the Observatory of Prague (IV.), and c) notes of David (III.) as they were written during his visit at Zach 1789 and 1801. - In his introduction, the editor follows the personal and literary contacts of David with Zach (I.). The statistics of the correspondence (II.) reports on a) the letters published in the work, b) on the letters of Zach and Lindenau mentioned only in David´s diaries or partly published in the reviews on account of their scientific value, an c) on a list of letters of David sent to Zach and Lindenau that have nor been found till today, being known from David´s diaries only. In the V. part there is a list of essays written by David and Adam Bittner. Assistant Astronomer of Prague Observatory, which were published in reviews edited by Zach and Lindenau, and a list of Zach´s reports on David´s essays.
High resolution observations of the active region MacMath 16315 near the center of the disk were analysed in order to study the bright points, both below an Arch Filament system and in two neighbouring regions covered by plagettes. The average value of the relative intensity of the bright points with respect to the background in the plagette regions as well as under the Arch Filament system was 1.13 t 0.033. This value was the same for
Hα-1.0 A as well as for Hα-0.75 A . The lifetime of bright points under the Arch Filament System ranges from 3 to 18 min with
average value of 10 min. The time evolution of the intensity of bright points under the Arch Filament system is different from that of the Ellerman bombs under the same system f. The relative intensity of bright points rises to the maximum value within 1 min and remains constant during the rest of its lifetime. The average size of bright
points at Hα-1.0 A was found smaller than that at Hα-0.75 A.
Preliminary results of observations of 11 globular clusters made with the aid of a narrow long slit are presented. The photometric profiles were recorded directly in the operational store of a computer with the telescope stopped om iits motion about the polar axis. The photometric profile obtained were compared with King´s models and with the generalized sychrone model. The finite length and width of the slit were considered. The theoretical brightness distribution agrees well with observation in the central regions of the clusters at R < 3´- 5´. The radii of cores Rc and the effective radii Re were determined. Large-scale fluctuations of density, possible caused by bright stars, or by fluctuations of the abundant galactic background, were observed in clusters M12, M13 and NGC 6712.
Monkey, Arthur Waley’s English translation of a sixteenth-century Chinese novel Xiyou ji (Journey to the West), plays an important role in the canonization of the original novel as a masterpiece of world literature. This study seeks to explore Waley’s multiple relationship with Xiyou ji and highlight various factors that contribute to the canonization of the novel in a larger space of world literature. Through examination of Waley’s personal configuration of the novel (and his following engagement with the Xiyou ji tradition), it demonstrates how Monkey becomes what Damrosch calls “the locus of a negotiation between two different cultures,” and how Waley’s engagement with the novel serves as a strategy for addressing his multi-dimensional concerns and especially the construction of the self as translator, scholar, and creative writer.