The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... sun's apparent course , gave them certain names by which they might be afterwards distinguished , and then divided the circle of the heavens in which the sun appears to move , first into quadrants , and afterwards into 12 equal parts ...
... sun's apparent course , gave them certain names by which they might be afterwards distinguished , and then divided the circle of the heavens in which the sun appears to move , first into quadrants , and afterwards into 12 equal parts ...
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... sun himself is more than 500 times larger than the whole , and that , although they were all at this mo- ment buried ... suns , and ten thousand times ten thousands of revolving worlds are dispersed throughout every region of bound- less ...
... sun himself is more than 500 times larger than the whole , and that , although they were all at this mo- ment buried ... suns , and ten thousand times ten thousands of revolving worlds are dispersed throughout every region of bound- less ...
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... Sun's greatest declination north and south , and is thence called the Solstitial Colure . The Sun is in the equinoctial points the 21st of March and the 23d of Septem- ber . He is in the solstitial points the 22d of June and the 22d of ...
... Sun's greatest declination north and south , and is thence called the Solstitial Colure . The Sun is in the equinoctial points the 21st of March and the 23d of Septem- ber . He is in the solstitial points the 22d of June and the 22d of ...
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... sun appeared to move by them , we should see it passing over the constel- lation Gemini between the 21st of June and the 23d of July ; but we seldom see more than a small part of any constellation through which the sun is then passing ...
... sun appeared to move by them , we should see it passing over the constel- lation Gemini between the 21st of June and the 23d of July ; but we seldom see more than a small part of any constellation through which the sun is then passing ...
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... sun to - day ? What one will rise at sun - setting ? What constellation is three hours high at sun - set , and where will it be at 9 o'clock ? What constel- lation rises two hours before the sun ? How many days or months hence , and at ...
... sun to - day ? What one will rise at sun - setting ? What constellation is three hours high at sun - set , and where will it be at 9 o'clock ? What constel- lation rises two hours before the sun ? How many days or months hence , and at ...
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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 Denebola diameter direction distinguished diurnal motion Earth east ecliptic equal equator equinoctial figure fixed stars Gamma globe head heavenly bodies heavens Hercules Herschel horizon Hydra Jupiter latitude length Libra light longitude maps mean distance Mercury meridian millions of miles minutes Moon Moon's motion naked eye nearest nearly nebulæ night node north pole northern observed orbit Orion parallax passing perihelion period Perseus phenomena planets Pleiades polar star principal star represented revolve right ascension rise satellites Saturn seasons seen side sidereal revolution Sirius situated small stars solar system solstice southern hemisphere spots Sun's supposed surface Taurus telescope tion triangle Ursa Ursa Major Venus vernal equinox Virgo visible whole number Zeta Zodiac