The Geography of the Heavens and Class-book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... nearly the same with those in geography , will be readily understood . Those which are drawn from right to left , on each side of the equinoctial and parallel to it , are called Parallels of Declination . Those which are drawn up and ...
... nearly the same with those in geography , will be readily understood . Those which are drawn from right to left , on each side of the equinoctial and parallel to it , are called Parallels of Declination . Those which are drawn up and ...
Page 18
... nearly 15 ° ; or one hour E. of the equinoctial colure . 30. It consists of 66 visible stars , of which three are of the 2d magnitude , and two of the 3d ; most of the rest are small . The stars directly in the zenith are too small to ...
... nearly 15 ° ; or one hour E. of the equinoctial colure . 30. It consists of 66 visible stars , of which three are of the 2d magnitude , and two of the 3d ; most of the rest are small . The stars directly in the zenith are too small to ...
Page 19
... Nearly in a line with Almaack , Merach and Delta , but curv- ing a little to the N. 7 ° farther , is a lone star of the 2d magni- tude , in the head , called Alpheratz ( a ) . This is the N.E. cor- ner of the great " Square of Pegasus ...
... Nearly in a line with Almaack , Merach and Delta , but curv- ing a little to the N. 7 ° farther , is a lone star of the 2d magni- tude , in the head , called Alpheratz ( a ) . This is the N.E. cor- ner of the great " Square of Pegasus ...
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... nearly in the same right line . It cannot be too well understood that the bearings , or direction of one star from another , as given in this treatise , are strictly applicable only when the former one is on , or near the meridian . The ...
... nearly in the same right line . It cannot be too well understood that the bearings , or direction of one star from another , as given in this treatise , are strictly applicable only when the former one is on , or near the meridian . The ...
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... nearly on the same meridian with Almaack , in the foot of Andromeda , 19 ° N. of it , and culminates only four minutes after it . The other stars in this constellation are quite small , constituting that loose cluster which we see ...
... nearly on the same meridian with Almaack , in the foot of Andromeda , 19 ° N. of it , and culminates only four minutes after it . The other stars in this constellation are quite small , constituting that loose cluster which we see ...
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3d magnitude 4th magnitude angle aphelion appear Arcturus Aries astronomers Auriga axis Beta blue bright star called celestial Cepheus circle cluster comet constellation Cor Caroli declination degree Delta Denebola diameter distant companion diurnal motion DOUBLE STAR Earth Earth's orbit east ecliptic equator equinoctial figure fixed stars Gamma head heavens hemisphere Herschel horizon Jupiter latitude Libra 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 tides tion triangle TRIPLE STAR Ursa Ursa Major Venus vernal equinox visible Zeta Zodiac