The Geography of the Heavens and Class-book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... Aries Argo Navis Aquila Aquarius Auriga Boötes Camelopardalus Cancer Janes Venatici 18 Hydra 71 118 Lacerta 134 121 Leo 66 28 Leo Minor 69 62 Lupus ( The Wolf ) 90 118 Lepus ( The Hare ) 45 131 Libra 91 49 Lynx 52 84 Lyra 112 51 ...
... Aries Argo Navis Aquila Aquarius Auriga Boötes Camelopardalus Cancer Janes Venatici 18 Hydra 71 118 Lacerta 134 121 Leo 66 28 Leo Minor 69 62 Lupus ( The Wolf ) 90 118 Lepus ( The Hare ) 45 131 Libra 91 49 Lynx 52 84 Lyra 112 51 ...
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... Aries , Taurus , Gemini , Cancer , Leo , Virgo , Libra , Scorpio , Sagittarius , Capri- 8. Poles of the horizon ? Vertical circles ? Prime Vertical ? 9. Ecliptic ? Equi- noxes ? How is the Ecliptic situated with respect to the ...
... Aries , Taurus , Gemini , Cancer , Leo , Virgo , Libra , Scorpio , Sagittarius , Capri- 8. Poles of the horizon ? Vertical circles ? Prime Vertical ? 9. Ecliptic ? Equi- noxes ? How is the Ecliptic situated with respect to the ...
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... Aries , about the 21st of March , passes , at a mean rate , through one sign every month . 11. The Zodiac is a zone or girdle , about 16 degrees in breadth , extending quite round the heavens , and including all the heavenly bodies ...
... Aries , about the 21st of March , passes , at a mean rate , through one sign every month . 11. The Zodiac is a zone or girdle , about 16 degrees in breadth , extending quite round the heavens , and including all the heavenly bodies ...
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... Aries , measured on the ecliptic . 18. Declination is the distance of a heavenly body either north or south of the equinoctial , measured on a meridian . Right Ascension is the distance of a heavenly body east from the first point of Aries ...
... Aries , measured on the ecliptic . 18. Declination is the distance of a heavenly body either north or south of the equinoctial , measured on a meridian . Right Ascension is the distance of a heavenly body east from the first point of Aries ...
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... Aries , not only because it is the meridian from which the distances of all the heavenly bodies are measured ; but especially because the student will thus be enabled to observe and compare the progressive motion of the constellations ...
... Aries , not only because it is the meridian from which the distances of all the heavenly bodies are measured ; but especially because the student will thus be enabled to observe and compare the progressive motion of the constellations ...
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3d magnitude 4th magnitude angle aphelion appear Arcturus Aries astronomers Auriga axis Beta blue bright star called celestial Cepheus circle cluster comet constellation Cor Caroli declination degree Delta Denebola diameter distant companion diurnal motion DOUBLE STAR Earth Earth's orbit east ecliptic equator equinoctial figure fixed stars Gamma head heavens hemisphere Herschel horizon Jupiter latitude Libra light longitude luminous Map VIII mean distance Mercury meridian miles minutes Moon Moon's motion naked eye nearly NEBULA node north pole northern Number of stars o'clock observed Orion pale yellow parallax pass perihelion period planet Pleiades polar position principal star Refracting telescopes refraction remarkable represented revolution revolve right ascension rising satellites Saturn seen shadow sidereal Sirius situated small stars solstice southern Sun's supposed surface Taurus TELESCOPIC OBJECTS tides tion triangle TRIPLE STAR Ursa Ursa Major Venus vernal equinox visible Zeta Zodiac