The Geography of the Heavens and Class-book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... Zodiac is a zone or girdle , about 16 degrees in breadth , extending quite round the heavens , and including all the heavenly bodies within 8 ° on each side of the ecliptic . It includes , also , the orbits of all the planets , except ...
... Zodiac is a zone or girdle , about 16 degrees in breadth , extending quite round the heavens , and including all the heavenly bodies within 8 ° on each side of the ecliptic . It includes , also , the orbits of all the planets , except ...
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... Zodiac passing overhead as they rise one after another in their order , and to trace among them the orbits of the Earth and of the other planets . 27. What first important in commencing study of the heavens ? What star would seem best ...
... Zodiac passing overhead as they rise one after another in their order , and to trace among them the orbits of the Earth and of the other planets . 27. What first important in commencing study of the heavens ? What star would seem best ...
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... Zodiac , and is usually represented by two fishes tied a considerable distance apart , at the extremities of a long undulating cord , or ribbon . It occupies a large triangular space 84. What said of the change of R. A. of objects ...
... Zodiac , and is usually represented by two fishes tied a considerable distance apart , at the extremities of a long undulating cord , or ribbon . It occupies a large triangular space 84. What said of the change of R. A. of objects ...
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... Zodiac . The Sun enters the sign Pisces , while the Earth enters that of Virgo , about the 19th of February , but he does not reach the constellation Pisces before the 6th of March . The Fishes , therefore , are now called the " Leaders ...
... Zodiac . The Sun enters the sign Pisces , while the Earth enters that of Virgo , about the 19th of February , but he does not reach the constellation Pisces before the 6th of March . The Fishes , therefore , are now called the " Leaders ...
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... Zodiac , Pisces is allotted to the escutcheon of Simeon . No sign appears to have been considered of more malignant influence than Pisces . The astrological calendar describes the emblems of this constellation as indicative of violence ...
... Zodiac , Pisces is allotted to the escutcheon of Simeon . No sign appears to have been considered of more malignant influence than Pisces . The astrological calendar describes the emblems of this constellation as indicative of violence ...
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3d magnitude 4th magnitude angle aphelion appear Arcturus Aries astronomers Auriga axis Beta blue bright star called Cassiopeia celestial Cepheus circle cluster comet constellation Cor Caroli declination degree Delta Denebola diameter distant companion DOUBLE STAR Earth Earth's orbit east ecliptic equator equinoctial figure fixed stars Gamma head heavens hemisphere Herschel horizon Jupiter latitude 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 TELESCOPIC OBJECTS.-Alpha tides tion triangle TRIPLE STAR Ursa Ursa Major Venus vernal equinox visible Zeta Zodiac