The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page vii
... Northern 65 Ursa Major , the Great Bear , 85 69 Ursa Minor , the Little Bear , 105 71 Virgo , the Virgin , 92 76 Via Lactea , the Milky Way , 144 888 89 90 PART II . 98 Asteroids , 68 Crown , - 103 Aurora Borealis , the Northern Cygnus ...
... Northern 65 Ursa Major , the Great Bear , 85 69 Ursa Minor , the Little Bear , 105 71 Virgo , the Virgin , 92 76 Via Lactea , the Milky Way , 144 888 89 90 PART II . 98 Asteroids , 68 Crown , - 103 Aurora Borealis , the Northern Cygnus ...
Page xxiv
... northern and southern hemispheres of the heavens , and a pla- nisphere on the principle of Mercator's projection , which exhibits at one view the sphere of the heavens , and the relative positions of the different constellations and ...
... northern and southern hemispheres of the heavens , and a pla- nisphere on the principle of Mercator's projection , which exhibits at one view the sphere of the heavens , and the relative positions of the different constellations and ...
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... northern and southern hemispheres . The Equator of the Heavens , or Equinoctial , is the great circle formed on the concave surface of the heavens , by pro- ducing the plane of the Earth's equator . A plane is that which has surface but ...
... northern and southern hemispheres . The Equator of the Heavens , or Equinoctial , is the great circle formed on the concave surface of the heavens , by pro- ducing the plane of the Earth's equator . A plane is that which has surface but ...
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... northern is called the Arctic circle , and the southern the Antarctic circle . Meridians are imaginary great circles drawn through the poles of the world , cutting the equator and the equinoctial at right angles . Every place on the ...
... northern is called the Arctic circle , and the southern the Antarctic circle . Meridians are imaginary great circles drawn through the poles of the world , cutting the equator and the equinoctial at right angles . Every place on the ...
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... Northern Fish . It is situated between 20 ° and 50 ° of N. declination . Its mean right ascension is nearly 15 ° ; or one hour E. of the equinoctial colure . It consists of 66 visible stars , of which three are of the 2d magnitude , and ...
... Northern Fish . It is situated between 20 ° and 50 ° of N. declination . Its mean right ascension is nearly 15 ° ; or one hour E. of the equinoctial colure . It consists of 66 visible stars , of which three are of the 2d magnitude , 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 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