The Geography of the Heavens and Class-book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... bodies - the Sun , Moon , Planets , Comets , and Fixed Stars . 2. In entering upon this study , the phenomena of the hea- vens , as they appear on a clear evening , are the first objects that demand our attention . Our first step is to ...
... bodies - the Sun , Moon , Planets , Comets , and Fixed Stars . 2. In entering upon this study , the phenomena of the hea- vens , as they appear on a clear evening , are the first objects that demand our attention . Our first step is to ...
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... 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 , measured on the equinoctial . It is more convenient to describe the ...
... 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 , measured on the equinoctial . It is more convenient to describe the ...
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... bodies . That meridional point in each map , whose declination corresponds with the latitude of the place of observation , represents the zenith of the heavens at that place ; and those constellations of stars which occupy this position ...
... bodies . That meridional point in each map , whose declination corresponds with the latitude of the place of observation , represents the zenith of the heavens at that place ; and those constellations of stars which occupy this position ...
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... Sentiment or moral ? Hebrew Zodiac ? Astrology ? TELESCOPIC OBJECTS . - Double stars ? Clusters ? Nebula ? Shown on map , or not ? 42. Cassiopeia ? How represented ? Head ? of a palm tree . Her head and body are 22 ASTRONOMY .
... Sentiment or moral ? Hebrew Zodiac ? Astrology ? TELESCOPIC OBJECTS . - Double stars ? Clusters ? Nebula ? Shown on map , or not ? 42. Cassiopeia ? How represented ? Head ? of a palm tree . Her head and body are 22 ASTRONOMY .
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... body are seen in the Milky Way . Her foot rests upon the Arctic Circle , upon which her chair is placed . She is surrounded by the chief personages of her royal family . The king , her husband , is on her right hand - Perseus , her son ...
... body are seen in the Milky Way . Her foot rests upon the Arctic Circle , upon which her chair is placed . She is surrounded by the chief personages of her royal family . The king , her husband , is on her right hand - Perseus , her son ...
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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