The Geography of the Heavens and Class-book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... Comets , & c . These are all referred to in the book , and in turn refer from the objects back to the page of the book where they are described . These maps and the corresponding descriptions in the book will be found not only extremely ...
... Comets , & c . These are all referred to in the book , and in turn refer from the objects back to the page of the book where they are described . These maps and the corresponding descriptions in the book will be found not only extremely ...
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... Comets - Their Nature , Motions , Orbits , & c . , 249 66 X. Of the Forces by which the Planets are retained in their Orbits , 262 • 66 XI . Proper Motion of the Sun in Space , 268 • 66 XII . Precession of the Equinoxes - Obliquity of ...
... Comets - Their Nature , Motions , Orbits , & c . , 249 66 X. Of the Forces by which the Planets are retained in their Orbits , 262 • 66 XI . Proper Motion of the Sun in Space , 268 • 66 XII . Precession of the Equinoxes - Obliquity of ...
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... 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 learn the names and positions of the ...
... 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 learn the names and positions of the ...
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... comet , or the same luminous appearance which conducted the magi , or wise men of the East , into Palestine , at the birth of our Saviour , and that it now appeared to announce his second coming . Caph ? What other important fact in ...
... comet , or the same luminous appearance which conducted the magi , or wise men of the East , into Palestine , at the birth of our Saviour , and that it now appeared to announce his second coming . Caph ? What other important fact in ...
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... comet , and it was repeat- edly mistaken for the comet of 1832 , which , in the month of November , passed in its neighborhood . Map VIII . , Fig . 38 . 5. A RICH BUT LOOSE CLUSTER in the Crab's southern claw , where a line from Rigel ...
... comet , and it was repeat- edly mistaken for the comet of 1832 , which , in the month of November , passed in its neighborhood . Map VIII . , Fig . 38 . 5. A RICH BUT LOOSE CLUSTER in the Crab's southern claw , where a line from Rigel ...
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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