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... northern and the southern . That part of it which lies between Orion and the Whale , including the great bend about his paws , is distinguished by the name of the Northern stream ; the remainder of it is called the Southern stream . 82 ...
... northern and the southern . That part of it which lies between Orion and the Whale , including the great bend about his paws , is distinguished by the name of the Northern stream ; the remainder of it is called the Southern stream . 82 ...
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... Northern stream , near the feet of Taurus , may be seen a modern , but now discarded constella- tion , of which Captain Smyth says : " Abbé Hell ( who also placed Herschel's Telescope among the celestials ) has squeezed in his Harpa ...
... Northern stream , near the feet of Taurus , may be seen a modern , but now discarded constella- tion , of which Captain Smyth says : " Abbé Hell ( who also placed Herschel's Telescope among the celestials ) has squeezed in his Harpa ...
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... northern horn of Taurus , and the right foot of Auriga . Capella comes to the meridian on the 19th of January , just 2 minutes before Rigel , in the foot of Orion , which it very much resembles in brightness . Menkalina , in the east ...
... northern horn of Taurus , and the right foot of Auriga . Capella comes to the meridian on the 19th of January , just 2 minutes before Rigel , in the foot of Orion , which it very much resembles in brightness . Menkalina , in the east ...
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... northern boun- dary of the temperate zone ; being less than one degree S. of the Arctic circle . There are two other stars of the 4th magni- tude , near the right knee , 12 ° N. E. of the first mentioned . They may be known by their ...
... northern boun- dary of the temperate zone ; being less than one degree S. of the Arctic circle . There are two other stars of the 4th magni- tude , near the right knee , 12 ° N. E. of the first mentioned . They may be known by their ...
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... northern foot , are also very near the ecliptic ; Tejat is a small star of between the 4th and 5th magnitudes , 2 ° W. of Mu , and deserves to be noticed because it marks the spot of the summer solstice , in the tropic of Cancer , just ...
... northern foot , are also very near the ecliptic ; Tejat is a small star of between the 4th and 5th magnitudes , 2 ° W. of Mu , and deserves to be noticed because it marks the spot of the summer solstice , in the tropic of Cancer , just ...
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3d magnitude 4th magnitude angle aphelion appear Arcturus Aries astronomers Auriga axis Beta blue bright star called celestial Cepheus circle cluster comet constellation Cor Caroli declination degree Delta Denebola diameter distant companion diurnal motion 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
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Page 114 - Look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines* of bright gold: There's not the smallest orb, which thou behold'st, But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubim: Such harmony is in immortal souls; . But, whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close it in, we cannot hear it.
Page 157 - ... and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Page 152 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day, and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Page 147 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Page 143 - To God's eternal house direct the way, A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold, And pavement stars, as stars to thee appear Seen in the galaxy, that milky way Which nightly as a circling zone thou seest Powder'd with stars.
Page 49 - The breathless Phaeton, with flaming hair, Shot from the chariot, like a falling star, That in a summer's evening from the top Of heaven drops down, or seems at least to drop ; Till on the Po his blasted corpse was hurl'd, Far from his country, in the western world.
Page 47 - Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark...
Page 155 - And oft, before tempestuous winds arise, The seeming stars fall headlong from the skies, And, shooting through the darkness, gild the night With sweeping glories, and long trails of light...
Page 94 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Page 79 - The raven once in snowy plumes was drest, White as the whitest dove's unsully'd breast, Fair as the guardian of the Capitol, Soft as the swan ; a large and lovely fowl ; His tongue, his prating tongue had chang'd him quite To sooty blackness from the purest white.