The Geography of the Heavens and Class-book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page 13
... orbit , the stars seem to have a motion westward , besides their apparent diurnal motion caused by the Earth's revolution on its axis ; so that they rise and set sooner every succeeding day by about four minutes , than they did on the ...
... orbit , the stars seem to have a motion westward , besides their apparent diurnal motion caused by the Earth's revolution on its axis ; so that they rise and set sooner every succeeding day by about four minutes , than they did on the ...
Page 18
... orbit causes the sun to pass eastward annually around the heavens , and the constellations to rise earlier and earlier ( 19 ) , the student will find it necessary to proceed eastward around the heavens , in studying the constellations ...
... orbit causes the sun to pass eastward annually around the heavens , and the constellations to rise earlier and earlier ( 19 ) , the student will find it necessary to proceed eastward around the heavens , in studying the constellations ...
Page 53
... orbit from the first point of Aries to the same point again , the sun , in the mean- time , will appear to move through the opposite signs , or those which are situated right over against the earth , on the other side of her orbit ...
... orbit from the first point of Aries to the same point again , the sun , in the mean- time , will appear to move through the opposite signs , or those which are situated right over against the earth , on the other side of her orbit ...
Page 64
... orbit for a space of 36 ° from the solstitial colure . A few degrees S. of Cancer , and about 17 ° E. of Procyon , are four stars of the 4th magnitude , 3 ° or 4 ° apart , which mark the head of Hydra . The rest of this constellation is ...
... orbit for a space of 36 ° from the solstitial colure . A few degrees S. of Cancer , and about 17 ° E. of Procyon , are four stars of the 4th magnitude , 3 ° or 4 ° apart , which mark the head of Hydra . The rest of this constellation is ...
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... orbit . Its right ascension being 199 ° , it will come to our meridian at 9 o'clock about the 28th of May , in that point of the heavens where the sun is at noon about the 20th of October . 163. Beta , called also Zavijava , is a star ...
... orbit . Its right ascension being 199 ° , it will come to our meridian at 9 o'clock about the 28th of May , in that point of the heavens where the sun is at noon about the 20th of October . 163. Beta , called also Zavijava , is a star ...
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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