The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page 32
... month shall be up- permost . The Celestial Planisphere represents the whole heavens lying between 70 degrees of north and south decli- nation , not as the surface of a concave sphere , but of a con- cave cylinder , and spread out so as ...
... month shall be up- permost . The Celestial Planisphere represents the whole heavens lying between 70 degrees of north and south decli- nation , not as the surface of a concave sphere , but of a con- cave cylinder , and spread out so as ...
Page 37
... month of November , passing the meridian slowly to the W. , near where the sun passes it on the 1st of April . Twelve degrees W. of this Fish , there are 4 small stars situated in the form of the letter Y. The two Fishes , and the cord ...
... month of November , passing the meridian slowly to the W. , near where the sun passes it on the 1st of April . Twelve degrees W. of this Fish , there are 4 small stars situated in the form of the letter Y. The two Fishes , and the cord ...
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... month shall be uppermost , and you will have a portraiture of the heavens as seen at that time . The constellations about the Antarctic Pole are not visible in the United States ; those about the Arctic or northern pole , are always ...
... month shall be uppermost , and you will have a portraiture of the heavens as seen at that time . The constellations about the Antarctic Pole are not visible in the United States ; those about the Arctic or northern pole , are always ...
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... months . Some astronomers imagined that it would reappear again after 150 years ; but it has never been discovered since . This phenomenon alarmed all the astronomers of the age , who beheld it ; and many of them wrote dissertations con ...
... months . Some astronomers imagined that it would reappear again after 150 years ; but it has never been discovered since . This phenomenon alarmed all the astronomers of the age , who beheld it ; and many of them wrote dissertations con ...
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... months hence , will appear to be the same distance east of it . The reason is obvious ; the circle which Cepheus appears to describe about the pole , is within that of Cassiopeia , and consequently when on the east side of the pole ...
... months hence , will appear to be the same distance east of it . The reason is obvious ; the circle which Cepheus appears to describe about the pole , is within that of Cassiopeia , and consequently when on the east side of the pole ...
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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