The Geography of the Heavens and Class-book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page 55
... remarkable parallel rows , lying at right angles with the former ; one , lead- ing from the head to the foot of Castor , the brightest star being in the middle , and in the knee ; the other , leading from the head to the foot of Pollux ...
... remarkable parallel rows , lying at right angles with the former ; one , lead- ing from the head to the foot of Castor , the brightest star being in the middle , and in the knee ; the other , leading from the head to the foot of Pollux ...
Page 65
... remarkable and well ascertained fact , that this is continually growing less and less . The tropics are slowly and steadily approaching the equinoctial , at the rate of about half a second every year ; so that the sun does not now come ...
... remarkable and well ascertained fact , that this is continually growing less and less . The tropics are slowly and steadily approaching the equinoctial , at the rate of about half a second every year ; so that the sun does not now come ...
Page 66
... remarkable statement of Varaha ? Position of Leo in the Zodiac ? When on the meridian ? Number 124. Its principal star ? Situation ? How distinguished ? What When on the meridian , where are Castor and Pollux ? use made of Regulus ...
... remarkable statement of Varaha ? Position of Leo in the Zodiac ? When on the meridian ? Number 124. Its principal star ? Situation ? How distinguished ? What When on the meridian , where are Castor and Pollux ? use made of Regulus ...
Page 70
... ? What said of the remainder ? Of the Sextant as a nautical TELESCOPIC OBJECTS . - What double stars ? What nebula ? seen near this nebula ? What remarkable sight 2. A neat DOUBLE STAR on the north extreme of 70 ASTRONOMY .
... ? What said of the remainder ? Of the Sextant as a nautical TELESCOPIC OBJECTS . - What double stars ? What nebula ? seen near this nebula ? What remarkable sight 2. A neat DOUBLE STAR on the north extreme of 70 ASTRONOMY .
Page 73
... remarkable , that a remote nation of American Aborigines , the Iroquois , and the earliest Arabs of Asia , should have given to the very same constellation the name of " Great Bear , " when there had probably never been any ...
... remarkable , that a remote nation of American Aborigines , the Iroquois , and the earliest Arabs of Asia , should have given to the very same constellation the name of " Great Bear , " when there had probably never been any ...
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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