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Connaissance des Temps
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The Connaissance des temps (English: Knowledge of the Times) is an official yearly publication of astronomical ephemerides in France. Until just after the French Revolution, the title appeared as Connoissance des temps, and for several years afterwards also as Connaissance des tems.
History
[edit]Connaissance des temps is the oldest such publication in the world, published without interruption since 1679 (originally named La Connoissance des Temps ou calendrier et éphémérides du lever & coucher du Soleil, de la Lune & des autres planètes), when the astronomer Jean Picard (1620–1682) obtained from the King the right to create the annual publication. The first eight editors were:
- 1679–1684: Jean Picard (1620–1682)
- 1685–1701: Jean Le Fèvre (1650–1706)
- 1702–1729: Jacques Lieutaud (1660–1733)
- 1730–1734: Louis Godin (1704–1760)
- 1735–1759: Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709–1788)
- 1760–1775: Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (1732–1807)
- 1776–1787: Edme-Sébastien Jeaurat (1725–1803)
- 1788–1794: Pierre Méchain (1744–1804)
Other notable astronomers who edited the Connaissance des temps were:
- Alexis Bouvard (1767–1843)[1]
- Bureau des Longitudes
- Rodolphe Radau (1835–1911)
- Marie Henri Andoyer (1862–1929)
Among the other prestigious national astronomical ephemerides, The Nautical Almanac was established in Great Britain in 1767, and the Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch in 1776.
Contents
[edit]The volumes of the Connaissance des temps had two parts:
- a section of ephemerides, containing various tables
- articles giving a deeper coverage of various topics, often written by famous astronomers
References
[edit]- ^ Hockey, Thomas (2009). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
External links
[edit]- Colette Le Lay, L’Annuaire du Bureau des longitudes (1795 - 1932) (Paris: Bureau des longitudes, 2021 [= Collection du Bureau des longitudes, Vol. 8]).
- Guy Boistel, "Pour la gloire de M. de Lalande": Une histoire matérielle, scientifique, institutionnelle et humaine de la Connaisance des temps, de 1679 à 1920 (Paris: IMCCE, 2022)
Connaissance des Temps
[edit]- Connaissance des Temps for the years 1679 to 1803
- Connaissance des Temps for the years 1804 to 1979 (1941 missing)
- Connaissance des Temps for the years 1978 to 2004
- Connaissance des Temps for the years 2006 to 2020 (2015 & 2016 missing)
- La Connaissance des temps en ligne for the years 2005 to 2025
Annuaire (popular version for the general public)
[edit]- Annuaire pour l'an ... for the years 1797 to 1969 (1958 missing)
- Annuaire du Bureau des longitudes for the years 1970 to 1977
- Ephémérides astronomiques: Annuaire du Bureau des longitudes for the years 1978 to 1984
- Ephémérides astronomiques: Annuaire du Bureau des longitudes for the years 1985 to 2004
- Guide de données astronomiques pour l'observation du ciel: Annuaire du Bureau des longitudes for the years 2005 to 2020
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