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... nights of observation be enabled to identify the various configurations making up the several con- stellations that are ... night of the quarter , is inserted before each season's work . This should be consulted by the student before he ...
... nights of observation be enabled to identify the various configurations making up the several con- stellations that are ... night of the quarter , is inserted before each season's work . This should be consulted by the student before he ...
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... ( 0 ) to ( c ) Auriga prolonged about 20 ° ends near ( a ) Persei . The solstitial colure passes 2 degrees east of ( ß ) . Capella is visible at some hour of every clear night throughout the year . β 408 CANCER ( kan ' - ser ) —THE ΙΟ.
... ( 0 ) to ( c ) Auriga prolonged about 20 ° ends near ( a ) Persei . The solstitial colure passes 2 degrees east of ( ß ) . Capella is visible at some hour of every clear night throughout the year . β 408 CANCER ( kan ' - ser ) —THE ΙΟ.
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... night from the bottom of the central passage of several of the Pyramids in Egypt . The rising of Eltanin was visible about thirty - five hundred years B.C. through the central passages of the temples of Hawthor at Denderah . Ursa Major ...
... night from the bottom of the central passage of several of the Pyramids in Egypt . The rising of Eltanin was visible about thirty - five hundred years B.C. through the central passages of the temples of Hawthor at Denderah . Ursa Major ...
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... to be photographed , in 1850. It is visible at some hour every clear night , and has been called the arc - light of the sky . 303 Draco 3 3 В γ CYGNUS ( sig ' 24 34 LYRA Vega, its brightest star, is 12° S W of the Dragon's head.
... to be photographed , in 1850. It is visible at some hour every clear night , and has been called the arc - light of the sky . 303 Draco 3 3 В γ CYGNUS ( sig ' 24 34 LYRA Vega, its brightest star, is 12° S W of the Dragon's head.
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... night , the pretty cluster known as Corona Australis , the Southern Crown , can be seen about 10 degrees below the bowl of the Milk Dipper . Its lucida , the fourth - magnitude star Alfecca Meridiana , culminates Aug. 13th . Sagittarius ...
... night , the pretty cluster known as Corona Australis , the Southern Crown , can be seen about 10 degrees below the bowl of the Milk Dipper . Its lucida , the fourth - magnitude star Alfecca Meridiana , culminates Aug. 13th . Sagittarius ...
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Aldebaran Algenib Algol Altair Andromeda Antares approaching the earth Aquila Arcturus Aries Auriga Australis Betelgeuze Boötes brightest star brilliant Canes Venatici Canis Major Canis Minor Capella Capricornus Cassiopeia Castor Cepheus Cetus cluster constellation Cor Caroli Corona Borealis Corvus culminates Aug culminates Dec culminates Feb culminates Jan culminates Oct culminates Sept Cygnus Delphinus Deneb Denebola diagram Diamond of Virgo Dipper Draco Draconis Dragon's head ECLIPTIC Face South Face Southwest Gemini Gemma Hercules Hydra July Leonis Lepus LOCATION.-A line drawn Lyra magnitude meteors miles per second naked eye opera-glass Ophiuchus orange in color Orion Pegasus Perseus Pisces planets Pleiades Polaris Pollux principal stars Procyon Ras Alhague receding Regulus Rigel Sagittarius Scorpio Serpens shower Sirius Situated southeast Spica star culminating stellation tail Taurus triangle Triangula Ursa Major Vega Virgo Water Jar white in color white star yellow in color
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Page 5 - HALF-HOURS WITH THE STARS : a Plain and Easy Guide to the Knowledge of the Constellations. Showing in 12 Maps the position of the principal Star-Groups night after night throughout the year. With Introduction and a separate Explanation of each Map. True for every Year.
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Page 5 - ... the Knowledge of the Constellations, showing in 12 Maps, the Position of the Principal Star-Groups Night after Night throughout the Year, with introduction and a separate explanation of each Map. True for every Year.
Page 46 - It varies from the second to the fourth magnitude in about three and one^half hours, and back again in the same time, after which it remains steadily brilliant for two and three-quarters days, when the same change recurs.
Page 26 - It may be easily distinguished by the position and splendor of its principle star, Arcturus, which shines with a reddish luster, Tery much resembling that of the planet Mars.
Page 96 - This zone may be traced in the heavens as follows : Beginning near the northern quarter of the heavens, at the head of Cepheus, or about 30° from the north pole, we may trace it through Cassiopeia, Perseus, Auriga, part of Orion, and the feet of Gemini. At this last point it crosses the Zodiac, and, proceeding southward across the equinoctial into the southern hemisphere, it passes through the Unicorn and the middle of the ship, Argo where it is most luminous. It then passes through Charles's Oak,...
Page 52 - B. c., when near the winter solstice, and a Royal Star, one of the four Guardians of Heaven, sentinels watching over other stars; while about 500 B.
Page 44 - The components of $ were observed by Burnham in 1879, o".3 apart, at a position angle of 2J2°.4. NGC1 224, or 31 M.,2 the Great Nebula, the Queen of the Nebulae, just northwest of the star v, is said to have been known as far back as AD 905 ; was described by Al Sufi as the Little Cloud before 986; and appeared on a Dutch star-map of 1500.
Page 74 - Phaet, the principal star, lies on the right and is the*highest of the two ; Beta may be known by means of a smaller star just east of it, marked Gamma. A line drawn from the easternmost star in the belt of Orion, 32o directly south, will point out Phaet; it is also 11^o S.
Page 18 - Scorpio is famous as the region of the sky where have appeared many of the brilliant temporary stars...