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... magnitude of the components of the double stars , are also given . These Telescopic Objects , compiled with great labor from Smyth's Cycle of Celestial Objects , will be found especially valuable to all institutions having an equatorial ...
... magnitude of the components of the double stars , are also given . These Telescopic Objects , compiled with great labor from Smyth's Cycle of Celestial Objects , will be found especially valuable to all institutions having an equatorial ...
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Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas Elijah Hinsdale Burritt. their magnitudes , sixteen classes ; the brightest being called stars of the fret magnitude , the next brightest , stars of the second magnitude , and so on to the sixth class ...
Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas Elijah Hinsdale Burritt. their magnitudes , sixteen classes ; the brightest being called stars of the fret magnitude , the next brightest , stars of the second magnitude , and so on to the sixth class ...
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... magnitude , in the left foot , may be seen 13 ° due E. , and Merach ( B ) , of the same magnitude , in the girdle 7 ° south of the zenith . This star is then nearly on the meridian , and with two others N.W. of it forms the girdle . The ...
... magnitude , in the left foot , may be seen 13 ° due E. , and Merach ( B ) , of the same magnitude , in the girdle 7 ° south of the zenith . This star is then nearly on the meridian , and with two others N.W. of it forms the girdle . The ...
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... magnitude in the left breast . This star may be otherwise known by its forming a line , N. and S. , with two smaller ones ou either side of it ; or , by its constituting , with two others , a very small triangle , S. of it . Nearly in a ...
... magnitude in the left breast . This star may be otherwise known by its forming a line , N. and S. , with two smaller ones ou either side of it ; or , by its constituting , with two others , a very small triangle , S. of it . Nearly in a ...
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... magnitude , which is situated in the node , or flexure of the ribbon . This is the principal star in the constellation , and is situated 2 ° N. of the equinoctial , and 53 minutes east of the meridian . Seven degrees S. E. of El Rischa ...
... magnitude , which is situated in the node , or flexure of the ribbon . This is the principal star in the constellation , and is situated 2 ° N. of the equinoctial , and 53 minutes east of the meridian . Seven degrees S. E. of El Rischa ...
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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