The Geography of the Heavens and Class-book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... east and west , everywhere equally distant from the poles , and dividing it into northern and southern hemi- spheres . The Equator of the Heavens , or Equinoctial , is the great circle formed on the concave surface of the heavens , by ...
... east and west , everywhere equally distant from the poles , and dividing it into northern and southern hemi- spheres . The Equator of the Heavens , or Equinoctial , is the great circle formed on the concave surface of the heavens , by ...
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... east or west from some fixed meridian , measured on the equator . Longitude in the Heavens , is distance east from the first point of Aries , measured on the ecliptic . 18. Declination is the distance of a heavenly body either north or ...
... east or west from some fixed meridian , measured on the equator . Longitude in the Heavens , is distance east from the first point of Aries , measured on the ecliptic . 18. Declination is the distance of a heavenly body either north or ...
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... east , and ascending to the meridian , others sink beneath the western horizon , and are seen no more , until , having passed through the lower hemisphere , they again reappear in the east . DESCRIPTION AND USE OF THE MAPS . 20. THE ...
... east , and ascending to the meridian , others sink beneath the western horizon , and are seen no more , until , having passed through the lower hemisphere , they again reappear in the east . DESCRIPTION AND USE OF THE MAPS . 20. THE ...
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... east . In using the circumpolar maps he must suppose himself to face the pole , and to hold them in such a manner that the day of the given month shall be uppermost . The constellation called the Great Bear is an exception to this rule ...
... east . In using the circumpolar maps he must suppose himself to face the pole , and to hold them in such a manner that the day of the given month shall be uppermost . The constellation called the Great Bear is an exception to this rule ...
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... east of the equinoctial colure ( Map II . ) , and so on eastward to the same point again . The hours will be seen marked just under the equinoctial , which is marked off into degrees , each of which answers to four minutes of time . The ...
... east of the equinoctial colure ( Map II . ) , and so on eastward to the same point again . The hours will be seen marked just under the equinoctial , which is marked off into degrees , each of which answers to four minutes of time . The ...
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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