The Geography of the Heavens and Class-book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page 53
... 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 com to the meridian at midnight ; being then exactly opposite the sun . And as the ...
... 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 com to the meridian at midnight ; being then exactly opposite the sun . And as the ...
Page 55
... 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 98 ...
... 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 98 ...
Page 59
... Consequently , were it blotted from the heavens , its light would continue visible to us for a period of 3 years and 82 days after it had ceased to be . If the nearest stars give such astonishing results , what shall we say of those ...
... Consequently , were it blotted from the heavens , its light would continue visible to us for a period of 3 years and 82 days after it had ceased to be . If the nearest stars give such astonishing results , what shall we say of those ...
Page 72
... 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 . 141. When the head of Hydra is on the meridian , its other extremity 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 . 141. When the head of Hydra is on the meridian , its other extremity is ...
Page 78
... consequently is on the meridian 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 meridian 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 angle aphelion appear Arcturus Aries astronomers Auriga axis Beta blue bright star called Cassiopeia celestial Cepheus circle cluster comet constellation Cor Caroli declination degree Delta Denebola diameter distant companion DOUBLE STAR Earth Earth's orbit east ecliptic equator equinoctial figure fixed stars Gamma head heavens hemisphere Herschel horizon Jupiter latitude light longitude luminous Map VIII mean distance Mercury meridian miles minutes Moon Moon's motion naked eye nearly NEBULA node north pole northern Number of stars o'clock observed Orion pale yellow parallax pass perihelion period planet Pleiades polar position principal star Refracting telescopes refraction remarkable represented revolution revolve right ascension rising satellites Saturn seen shadow sidereal Sirius situated small stars solstice southern Sun's supposed surface Taurus TELESCOPIC OBJECTS TELESCOPIC OBJECTS.-Alpha tides tion triangle TRIPLE STAR Ursa Ursa Major Venus vernal equinox visible Zeta Zodiac