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Page vii
... Bear Driver ,. 183 Cassiopeia , .. 208 Cepheus ... 41 Moon - Harvest and Horizontal , ... 283 Cetus , the Whale , 47 ... Bear , 85 Ursa Minor , the Little Bear ,. 105 Virgo , the Virgin .. 92 83 112 Via Lactea , the Milky Way ...
... Bear Driver ,. 183 Cassiopeia , .. 208 Cepheus ... 41 Moon - Harvest and Horizontal , ... 283 Cetus , the Whale , 47 ... Bear , 85 Ursa Minor , the Little Bear ,. 105 Virgo , the Virgin .. 92 83 112 Via Lactea , the Milky Way ...
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... bear a striking analogy to the civil divisions of the globe . The constellations answer to states and kingdoms , the most brilliant clusters to towns and cities , and the number of stars in each , tc their respective population . The ...
... bear a striking analogy to the civil divisions of the globe . The constellations answer to states and kingdoms , the most brilliant clusters to towns and cities , and the number of stars in each , tc their respective population . The ...
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... Bear is an exception to this rule ; in this constellation the principal stars are marked in the order of their right ascension . That point of projection for the maps which would exhibit each successive portion of the heavens directly ...
... Bear is an exception to this rule ; in this constellation the principal stars are marked in the order of their right ascension . That point of projection for the maps which would exhibit each successive portion of the heavens directly ...
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... Bear , on the other side of the pole . [ See Megrez . ] It also serves to mark a spot in the starry heavens , rendered memo- rable as being the place of a lost star . Two hundred and fifty years ago , a bright star shone 5 ° N. N. E. of ...
... Bear , on the other side of the pole . [ See Megrez . ] It also serves to mark a spot in the starry heavens , rendered memo- rable as being the place of a lost star . Two hundred and fifty years ago , a bright star shone 5 ° N. N. E. of ...
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... bears 190 N. of Caph in Cassiopeia . This is true , when Caph is on the ineridian , but at this very moment , while the author is writing this line , Gamma appears to be 19 ° due west of Caph ; and six months hence , will appear to be ...
... bears 190 N. of Caph in Cassiopeia . This is true , when Caph is on the ineridian , but at this very moment , while the author is writing this line , Gamma appears to be 19 ° due west of Caph ; and six months hence , will appear to be ...
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3d magnitude 4th magnitude ancient angle appear Arcturus Argo Navis Aries astronomers Auriga axis Beta brightest called Cassiopeia celestial centre Cepheus circle cluster colure comet constellation Cor Caroli declination degree Denebola diameter direction distinguished diurnal motion Earth east ecliptic equal equator equinoctial figure fixed stars Gamma globe head heavenly bodies heavens Hercules Herschel horizon Jupiter latitude length Libra light longitude luminous Mars mean distance Mercury meridian millions of miles minutes Moon Moon's motion naked eye nearly nebulæ night node north pole northern hemisphere o'clock observed orbit Orion parallax passing perihelion period Perseus phenomena planets Pleiades polar star principal star represented revolution revolve right ascension rise satellites Saturn seasons seen side sidereal Sirius situated small stars solar system solstice southern spots square Sun's supposed surface Taurus telescope tion triangle Ursa Venus vernal equinox Virgo visible whole number Zeta Zodiac