The Geography of the Heavens and Class-book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... visible heavens , then , the attention of the pupil should be first directed , for it is only when he shall have become , in some measure , familiar with them , that he will be able to locate his Astronomical knowledge , or fully compre ...
... visible heavens , then , the attention of the pupil should be first directed , for it is only when he shall have become , in some measure , familiar with them , that he will be able to locate his Astronomical knowledge , or fully compre ...
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... visible to the naked eye . The next ten classes are seen only through télescopes . In order to be able to designate with precision their situa- tions , imaginary circles have been considered as drawn in the heavens , most of which ...
... visible to the naked eye . The next ten classes are seen only through télescopes . In order to be able to designate with precision their situa- tions , imaginary circles have been considered as drawn in the heavens , most of which ...
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Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas Elijah Hinsdale Burritt. visible hemisphere , and the lower one , the invisible hemisphere . It is the plane of this circle which determines the rising and set- ting of the heavenly bodies . The Sensible ...
Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas Elijah Hinsdale Burritt. visible hemisphere , and the lower one , the invisible hemisphere . It is the plane of this circle which determines the rising and set- ting of the heavenly bodies . The Sensible ...
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... visible before , are successively rising to view in the east , and ascending to the meridian , others sink beneath ... visible to us in October , November , and Decem- ber ; the second , those visible in January , February , and March ...
... visible before , are successively rising to view in the east , and ascending to the meridian , others sink beneath ... visible to us in October , November , and Decem- ber ; the second , those visible in January , February , and March ...
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... visible heavens . The first thing of importance is to fix upon the proper starting point . This , on many accounts , would seem to be the North Polar Star . Its position is apparently the same every hour of the night throughout the year ...
... visible heavens . The first thing of importance is to fix upon the proper starting point . This , on many accounts , would seem to be the North Polar Star . Its position is apparently the same every hour of the night throughout the year ...
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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