The Geography of the Heavens and Class-book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... Sun's farthest declination , north and south . On the terrestrial sphere , they divide the torrid from the two ... Sun's greatest declination north and south , and is thence called the Solstitial Colure . The Sun is in the ...
... Sun's farthest declination , north and south . On the terrestrial sphere , they divide the torrid from the two ... Sun's greatest declination north and south , and is thence called the Solstitial Colure . The Sun is in the ...
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... sun's bright chariot for a day . The god repented of the oath he took , For anguish thrice his radiant head he shook ; - My son , says he , some other proof require , Rash was my promise , rash was thy desire- Not Jove himself , the ...
... sun's bright chariot for a day . The god repented of the oath he took , For anguish thrice his radiant head he shook ; - My son , says he , some other proof require , Rash was my promise , rash was thy desire- Not Jove himself , the ...
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... sun appeared to move by them , we should see it passing over the constellation Gemini between the 21st of June and the 23d of July ; but we seldom see more than a small part of any constellation through which the sun is then passing ...
... sun appeared to move by them , we should see it passing over the constellation Gemini between the 21st of June and the 23d of July ; but we seldom see more than a small part of any constellation through which the sun is then passing ...
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... sun and seemed to blend its own influence with the heat of that luminary , the ancients gave the name of Dog - days ... sun's depression to be 13 ° ; sters of the 3d magnitude , 14 ' , and so on , allowing one degree for each magni ...
... sun and seemed to blend its own influence with the heat of that luminary , the ancients gave the name of Dog - days ... sun's depression to be 13 ° ; sters of the 3d magnitude , 14 ' , and so on , allowing one degree for each magni ...
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... sun is called the summer solstice ; from two Latin words signifying the sun's standing still . The distance from the first point of Cancer to the equinoctial , which , at present , is 23 ° 27 ' , is called the obliquity of the ecliptic ...
... sun is called the summer solstice ; from two Latin words signifying the sun's standing still . The distance from the first point of Cancer to the equinoctial , which , at present , is 23 ° 27 ' , is called the obliquity of the ecliptic ...
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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