The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page 42
... consequently when on the east side of the pole , will be within , or between Cassiopeia and the pole - that is , west of Cassiopeia . And for the same reason , when Cepheus is on the west side of the pole , it is between that and ...
... consequently when on the east side of the pole , will be within , or between Cassiopeia and the pole - that is , west of Cassiopeia . And for the same reason , when Cepheus is on the west side of the pole , it is between that and ...
Page 67
... consequently , six months from that time , or about the 4th of January , it will rise in the east , just when the sun is setting in the west , and will come to the meridian at midnight ; being then ex- actly opposite to the sun . Now as ...
... consequently , six months from that time , or about the 4th of January , it will rise in the east , just when the sun is setting in the west , and will come to the meridian at midnight ; being then ex- actly opposite to the sun . Now as ...
Page 69
... consequently , as long as the one was upon earth , so long was the other detained in the infernal regions , and they alternately lived and died every day . Jupiter also further rewarded their fraternal attachment by changing them both ...
... consequently , as long as the one was upon earth , so long was the other detained in the infernal regions , and they alternately lived and died every day . Jupiter also further rewarded their fraternal attachment by changing them both ...
Page 84
... consequently , it culminates at 9 o'clock , one month after Alphard does . The remainder of the stars in this constellation may be easily traced by aid of the map . When the head of Hydra is on the meridian , its other ex- tremity is ...
... consequently , it culminates at 9 o'clock , one month after Alphard does . The remainder of the stars in this constellation may be easily traced by aid of the map . When the head of Hydra is on the meridian , its other ex- tremity is ...
Page 90
... consequently is on the me- ridian the 13th of May . " Now behold The glittering maze of Berenice's Hair ; Forty the stars ; but such as seem to kiss The flowing tresses with a lambent fire : Four to the telescope alone are seen ...
... consequently is on the me- ridian the 13th of May . " Now behold The glittering maze of Berenice's Hair ; Forty the stars ; but such as seem to kiss The flowing tresses with a lambent fire : Four to the telescope alone are seen ...
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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