The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page 108
... axis of the earth . Kochab may be easily known by its being the brightest and middle one of three conspicuous stars forming a row , one of which is about 2 ° , and the other 3 ° , from Kochab . The two brightest of these are situated in ...
... axis of the earth . Kochab may be easily known by its being the brightest and middle one of three conspicuous stars forming a row , one of which is about 2 ° , and the other 3 ° , from Kochab . The two brightest of these are situated in ...
Page 120
... axis of the world , before it had time to unwind its contortions , where it sleeps to this day . Other writers of antiquity say , that this is the dragon killed by Cadmus , who was ordered by nis father to go in quest of his sister ...
... axis of the world , before it had time to unwind its contortions , where it sleeps to this day . Other writers of antiquity say , that this is the dragon killed by Cadmus , who was ordered by nis father to go in quest of his sister ...
Page 122
... axis , like our sun . Gamma comes to the meridian 21 minutes after Lyra , and precisely at the same moment with Epsilon , in the tail of the Eagle , 1710 S. of it . The declination of Lyra is about 38 ° N .; consequently when on the ...
... axis , like our sun . Gamma comes to the meridian 21 minutes after Lyra , and precisely at the same moment with Epsilon , in the tail of the Eagle , 1710 S. of it . The declination of Lyra is about 38 ° N .; consequently when on the ...
Page 126
... axis . Similar phenomena are observable in Algol , Beta , in the Hare , Delta , in Ce- nheus , and Omicron , in the Whale , and many others . " Aquila the next , Divides the ether with her ardent wing : Beneath the Swan , nor far from ...
... axis . Similar phenomena are observable in Algol , Beta , in the Hare , Delta , in Ce- nheus , and Omicron , in the Whale , and many others . " Aquila the next , Divides the ether with her ardent wing : Beneath the Swan , nor far from ...
Page 138
... axis . " Such a motion , ” says the elder Herschel , " may be as evidently proved , as the diur- nal motion of the earth . Dark spots , or large portions of the surface , less luminous than the rest , turned alternately in certain ...
... axis . " Such a motion , ” says the elder Herschel , " may be as evidently proved , as the diur- nal motion of the earth . Dark spots , or large portions of the surface , less luminous than the rest , turned alternately in certain ...
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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