The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page vii
... Head , Coma Berenices , Berenice's flair , 89 Pegasus , the Flying Horse , .. Corvus , the Crow , .. 90 Centaurus , the Centaur , 98 Piscis Australis , vel Notius , the Southern Fish , Corona Borealis , the Northern Preliminary Chapter ...
... Head , Coma Berenices , Berenice's flair , 89 Pegasus , the Flying Horse , .. Corvus , the Crow , .. 90 Centaurus , the Centaur , 98 Piscis Australis , vel Notius , the Southern Fish , Corona Borealis , the Northern Preliminary Chapter ...
Page xviii
... head , that the study of this subject has a peculiar tendency to sharpen and invigorate the mental fac ulties . It requires a considerable share of attention and of intel lectual acumen to enter into all the particulars connected with ...
... head , that the study of this subject has a peculiar tendency to sharpen and invigorate the mental fac ulties . It requires a considerable share of attention and of intel lectual acumen to enter into all the particulars connected with ...
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... head , and is called the Zenith ; the other is directly under foot , and is called the Nadir . Vertical Circles are circles drawn through the Zenith and Nadir of any place , cutting the horizon at right angles . The Prime Vertical is ...
... head , and is called the Zenith ; the other is directly under foot , and is called the Nadir . Vertical Circles are circles drawn through the Zenith and Nadir of any place , cutting the horizon at right angles . The Prime Vertical is ...
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... head this evening , will at the same hour , three months hence , be seen setting in the west ; having in this time , performed one fourth of their apparent annual revo lution . The following table of sidereal revolutions , shows the ...
... head this evening , will at the same hour , three months hence , be seen setting in the west ; having in this time , performed one fourth of their apparent annual revo lution . The following table of sidereal revolutions , shows the ...
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... head at 9 o'clock in the evening , was chosen , because in summer af an earlier hour the twilight would bedim our observation of the stars , and at other seasons of the year it is easier to look up to stars that want an hour of their ...
... head at 9 o'clock in the evening , was chosen , because in summer af an earlier hour the twilight would bedim our observation of the stars , and at other seasons of the year it is easier to look up to stars that want an hour of their ...
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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 Describe 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 mean distance Mercury meridian millions of miles minutes Moon Moon's motion naked eye nearly nebulæ night node north pole northern hemisphere observed orbit Orion parallax passing perihelion period Perseus phenomena planets Pleiades polar star position principal star represented revolution revolve right ascension rise satellites Saturn seasons seen side sidereal Sirius situated small stars solar system solstice southern spots Sun's supposed surface Taurus telescope tion triangle Ursa Venus vernal equinox Virgo visible whole number Zeta Zodiac