The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... Zeta Z Eta Theta e long th Iota i Kappa Lambda Mu m Nu n Xi x Omicron o short Pi P Rho P Sigma Tau Upsilon u Phi ph Chi ch ps o long Ω Psi Omega In 1603 , John Bayer , of Augsburg , in Germany , published a complete Atlas of all the ...
... Zeta Z Eta Theta e long th Iota i Kappa Lambda Mu m Nu n Xi x Omicron o short Pi P Rho P Sigma Tau Upsilon u Phi ph Chi ch ps o long Ω Psi Omega In 1603 , John Bayer , of Augsburg , in Germany , published a complete Atlas of all the ...
Page 37
... Zeta , Epsilon , Delta . From Delta the riband runs north and westerly along the Zodiac , and terminates at Beta , a star of the 4th magnitude , 11 ° S. of Markab in Pegasus . This part of the riband including the Western Fish at the ...
... Zeta , Epsilon , Delta . From Delta the riband runs north and westerly along the Zodiac , and terminates at Beta , a star of the 4th magnitude , 11 ° S. of Markab in Pegasus . This part of the riband including the Western Fish at the ...
Page 55
... Zeta , in the tip of the southern horn , it is 80 , in a southerly direction . This star forms a right angle with Aldebaran and Beta . Beta and Zeta , then , in the button of the horns , are in a line nearly north and south , 8 ° apart ...
... Zeta , in the tip of the southern horn , it is 80 , in a southerly direction . This star forms a right angle with Aldebaran and Beta . Beta and Zeta , then , in the button of the horns , are in a line nearly north and south , 8 ° apart ...
Page 60
... Zeta , of the 4th magnitude , is the first star , and is situa- ted in the back , 5 ° S. of Saiph , in Orion . About the same distance below Zeta are the four principal stars , in the legs and feet . These form the square . They are ...
... Zeta , of the 4th magnitude , is the first star , and is situa- ted in the back , 5 ° S. of Saiph , in Orion . About the same distance below Zeta are the four principal stars , in the legs and feet . These form the square . They are ...
Page 68
... Zeta , next below it , in the knee . The Wasat is in the ecliptic , and very near the centre of the constellation . two stars , Mu and Tejat , in the northern foot , are also very near the ecliptic : Tejat is a sinall star of between ...
... Zeta , next below it , in the knee . The Wasat is in the ecliptic , and very near the centre of the constellation . two stars , Mu and Tejat , in the northern foot , are also very near the ecliptic : Tejat is a sinall star of between ...
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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