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Page 235
... Cor Caroli a little earlier to the meridian , or to its position on the preceding night . The rate of this progression is six hours , or 90 ° , in three months . Ursa Major is represented under the figure of a great bear . It contains ...
... Cor Caroli a little earlier to the meridian , or to its position on the preceding night . The rate of this progression is six hours , or 90 ° , in three months . Ursa Major is represented under the figure of a great bear . It contains ...
Page 254
... Cor Caroli , ( a ) , Arcturus ( Map No. 5 ) , and Spica form a figure about 50 ° in length from north to south , called the Diamond of Virgo . The other stars may be easily traced by means of the map . Mythological History . - Virgo was ...
... Cor Caroli , ( a ) , Arcturus ( Map No. 5 ) , and Spica form a figure about 50 ° in length from north to south , called the Diamond of Virgo . The other stars may be easily traced by means of the map . Mythological History . - Virgo was ...
Page 257
... Cor Caroli . It travels in its orbit fifty - four miles per second , or more than three times as fast as the earth . Its light reaches the earth in about twenty - six years . Mirac ( 8 ) lies in the girdle , ♪ in the right shoulder ...
... Cor Caroli . It travels in its orbit fifty - four miles per second , or more than three times as fast as the earth . Its light reaches the earth in about twenty - six years . Mirac ( 8 ) lies in the girdle , ♪ in the right shoulder ...
Page 332
... Cor Caroli ; above Gemini and Taurus is Auriga , while Andromeda is just setting in the northwest . May . ( 8 P. M . ) — In the North , Ursa Major is above Polaris , Ursa Minor and Draco east , Cepheus and Cassiopeia below , and Perseus ...
... Cor Caroli ; above Gemini and Taurus is Auriga , while Andromeda is just setting in the northwest . May . ( 8 P. M . ) — In the North , Ursa Major is above Polaris , Ursa Minor and Draco east , Cepheus and Cassiopeia below , and Perseus ...
Page 333
... Cor Caroli , and Coma Berenices . August . ( 9 P. M . ) -- In the North , Draco and Ursa Minor are above Polaris , Cepheus above and to the east , Cassiopeia east , and Ursa Major west . In the Northeast , Perseus is just rising , while ...
... Cor Caroli , and Coma Berenices . August . ( 9 P. M . ) -- In the North , Draco and Ursa Minor are above Polaris , Cepheus above and to the east , Cassiopeia east , and Ursa Major west . In the Northeast , Perseus is just rising , while ...
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ancients Andromeda angle aphelion appear Aries astronomers atmosphere axis Boötes bright brilliant Canis Minor Capricornus Cassiopeia cause Celestial Sphere centre Cepheus circle color comet conjunction constellation Cor Caroli dark density Describe diameter disk earth east ecliptic equal equator equinoctial figure fixed stars full moon globe heat heavenly bodies heavens Hercules Herschel horizon inclined inferior conjunction inferior planet Jupiter latitude length light luminous lunar Lyra magnitude Mars mean distance Mercury meridian meteors miles moon's motion move naked eye nearly nebula Neptune night node north pole Orion parallax pass path penumbra perihelion Perseus Pisces polar Polaris precession rays revolve ring rising Saturn seasons seen shine side sidereal sidereal day solar day solar system solstice space spots summer sun's surface synodic revolution tance Taurus telescope theory tion Uranus Ursa Major Ursa Minor varies velocity Venus vernal equinox visible winter Zodiac