The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page 51
... angle at Algol , with the open part towards Cassiopeia . By means of this strikingly perfect figure , the three stars last mentioned may always be recog- nised without the possibility of mistaking them . Algenib may otherwise be readily ...
... angle at Algol , with the open part towards Cassiopeia . By means of this strikingly perfect figure , the three stars last mentioned may always be recog- nised without the possibility of mistaking them . Algenib may otherwise be readily ...
Page 55
... angle with Aldebaran and Beta . Beta and Zeta , then , in the button of the horns , are in a line nearly north and south , 8 ° apart , with the brightest on the north . That very bright star 1710 N. of Beta , is Capella , in the ...
... angle with Aldebaran and Beta . Beta and Zeta , then , in the button of the horns , are in a line nearly north and south , 8 ° apart , with the brightest on the north . That very bright star 1710 N. of Beta , is Capella , in the ...
Page 64
... angles ; please describe them . What stars in Auriga , Orion , the Hare , and the Dove , are or the same meridian ? How far is this line of stars west of the solstitial colure ? with goat's milk , and that , as a reward 64 [ JAN ...
... angles ; please describe them . What stars in Auriga , Orion , the Hare , and the Dove , are or the same meridian ? How far is this line of stars west of the solstitial colure ? with goat's milk , and that , as a reward 64 [ JAN ...
Page 68
... angles with the former ; one , leading from the head to the foot of Castor , the brightest star being in the middle , and in the knee ; the other , leading from the head to the foot of Pollux , the brightest star , called Wasat . being ...
... angles with the former ; one , leading from the head to the foot of Castor , the brightest star being in the middle , and in the knee ; the other , leading from the head to the foot of Pollux , the brightest star , called Wasat . being ...
Page 79
... angle whose vertex is at Regulus . The next considerable star , is 5 ° N. of Regulus , marked Eta , situated in the collar ; it is of between the 3d and 4th magnitudes , and , with Regulus , constitutes the handle of the sickle . Those ...
... angle whose vertex is at Regulus . The next considerable star , is 5 ° N. of Regulus , marked Eta , situated in the collar ; it is of between the 3d and 4th magnitudes , and , with Regulus , constitutes the handle of the sickle . Those ...
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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 Jupiter latitude length Libra light longitude luminous Mars mean distance Mercury meridian millions of miles minutes Moon Moon's motion naked eye nearly nebulæ 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