The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... opposite points which are called the Equinoxes . The Sun rises in one of these points on the 21st of March ; this point is called the Vernal Equinox . It sets in the opposite point on the 23d of September ; this point is called the ...
... opposite points which are called the Equinoxes . The Sun rises in one of these points on the 21st of March ; this point is called the Vernal Equinox . It sets in the opposite point on the 23d of September ; this point is called the ...
Page 53
... opposite constellation . the Scorpion is seen to rise in the S. E. It is situated between Perseus and Auriga on the north , Gemini on the east , Orion and Eridanus on the south , and Aries on the west , having a mean declination of 16 ...
... opposite constellation . the Scorpion is seen to rise in the S. E. It is situated between Perseus and Auriga on the north , Gemini on the east , Orion and Eridanus on the south , and Aries on the west , having a mean declination of 16 ...
Page 59
... opposite to the Scorpion that caused his death . Others say that Orion had no mother , but was the gift of the gods , Jupiter , Neptune , and Mercury , to a peasant of Beotia as a reward of piety , and that he was invested with the ...
... opposite to the Scorpion that caused his death . Others say that Orion had no mother , but was the gift of the gods , Jupiter , Neptune , and Mercury , to a peasant of Beotia as a reward of piety , and that he was invested with the ...
Page 64
... opposite to them . Again , the two stars in the shoulders of Auriga , with the two in the shoulders of Orion , mark the extremities of a long , narrow parallelogram , lying N. and S. , and whose leng h is just five times its breadth ...
... opposite to them . Again , the two stars in the shoulders of Auriga , with the two in the shoulders of Orion , mark the extremities of a long , narrow parallelogram , lying N. and S. , and whose leng h is just five times its breadth ...
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... opposite to it , are . For example : whatever constellation sets with the sun on any day , it is plain that the one opposite to it must be then rising , and continue visible through the night . Also , whatever constellation rises and ...
... opposite to it , are . For example : whatever constellation sets with the sun on any day , it is plain that the one opposite to it must be then rising , and continue visible through the night . Also , whatever constellation rises and ...
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3d magnitude 4th magnitude ancient angle appear Arcturus Argo Navis Aries astronomers Auriga axis Beta brightest called Cassiopeia celestial centre Cepheus circle cluster colure comet constellation Cor Caroli declination degree Delta Denebola diameter direction distinguished diurnal motion Earth east ecliptic equal equator equinoctial figure fixed stars Gamma globe head heavenly bodies heavens Hercules Herschel horizon Jupiter latitude length Libra light longitude Mars mean distance Mercury meridian millions of miles minutes Moon Moon's motion naked eye nearly nebula night node north pole northern hemisphere o'clock observed orbit Orion parallax passing perihelion period Perseus phenomena planets Pleiades polar star principal star represented revolution revolve right ascension rise satellites Saturn seasons seen side sidereal Sirius situated small stars solar system solstice southern spots square Sun's supposed surface Taurus telescope tion triangle Ursa Venus vernal equinox Virgo visible whole number Zeta Zodiac