The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page 96
... compared with that of the other stars in the northern hem isphere ? What stars five or six degrees southwest of Arcturus ? What stars in the other leg ? Describe the star Mirac . Describe Seginus . With what other stars does Seginus ...
... compared with that of the other stars in the northern hem isphere ? What stars five or six degrees southwest of Arcturus ? What stars in the other leg ? Describe the star Mirac . Describe Seginus . With what other stars does Seginus ...
Page 157
... compared with that measureless ex- tent which the discoveries of the telescope indicate ?. Ac- cording to Dr. Herschel , the light of some of the nebulæ , just perceptible through his 40 feet telescope , must have been a million of ages ...
... compared with that measureless ex- tent which the discoveries of the telescope indicate ?. Ac- cording to Dr. Herschel , the light of some of the nebulæ , just perceptible through his 40 feet telescope , must have been a million of ages ...
Page 174
... compared with that of the Earth , and be esti- mated according to the times in which they perform their revolutions , not only their several appearances would fol- low from this hypothesis , but that it would so connect the order of the ...
... compared with that of the Earth , and be esti- mated according to the times in which they perform their revolutions , not only their several appearances would fol- low from this hypothesis , but that it would so connect the order of the ...
Page 177
... compared with the others , are called asteroids . There have been discovered , eighteen secondaries . Of these , the Earth has one , Jupiter four , Saturn seven , and Herschel six . All these , except our Moon , as well as the asteroids ...
... compared with the others , are called asteroids . There have been discovered , eighteen secondaries . Of these , the Earth has one , Jupiter four , Saturn seven , and Herschel six . All these , except our Moon , as well as the asteroids ...
Page 178
... compared with that of the other heavenly bodies whose dimensions have been estimated 1 What is a diameter How much larger is the Sun than the Earth ? form no adequate conception . The whole distance between the 178 THE SUN .
... compared with that of the other heavenly bodies whose dimensions have been estimated 1 What is a diameter How much larger is the Sun than the Earth ? form no adequate conception . The whole distance between the 178 THE SUN .
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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 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 Mars mean distance Mercury meridian millions of miles minutes Moon Moon's motion naked eye nearly nebula 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