reobservation

Their positions close to Uranus at the time of its discovery, and the fact that the planet's motion was detected by means of comparisons with them, has given to these stars an historical interest which in future years must often attract the student to their reobservation.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 Various

The original programme consisted in the _exact_ determination of the places of all Argelander's stars to the ninth magnitude (exclusive of the polar zone), from the reobservation of which, say, in the year 1950, astronomers of two generations hence may gather a vast store of knowledge -- directly of the apparent motions, indirectly of the mutual relations binding together the suns and systems of space.

A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition 1874

Another important undertaking of the same class is the reobservation of the 47,300 stars in Lalande's _Histoire

A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition 1874