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... Perseus ( 7 ) is the radiant point of the August shower . In the shower of 1866 , two observers , who counted the falling stars at the rate of 2,500 per hour , saw only five whose paths , if traced back , would not meet in Leo ...
... Perseus ( 7 ) is the radiant point of the August shower . In the shower of 1866 , two observers , who counted the falling stars at the rate of 2,500 per hour , saw only five whose paths , if traced back , would not meet in Leo ...
Page 235
... PERSEUS OPEA ( Map No. 1 . ) - Fig . 73 . GIRAF FFE LYNX CY GINUS Y Polaris CEPHE US D R 0 Dubhe raay : GREA BE Thuban HERCULES NORTHERN CIRCUMPOLAR CONSTELLATIONS . Benet ne Cor Caroli a little earlier to the meridian , or to its ...
... PERSEUS OPEA ( Map No. 1 . ) - Fig . 73 . GIRAF FFE LYNX CY GINUS Y Polaris CEPHE US D R 0 Dubhe raay : GREA BE Thuban HERCULES NORTHERN CIRCUMPOLAR CONSTELLATIONS . Benet ne Cor Caroli a little earlier to the meridian , or to its ...
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... Perseus , her son - in - law , and above her is Androme- da , her daughter . The constellation contains fifty- five stars visible to the naked eye . Principal stars . - A line drawn from Megrez ( § ) , in Ursa Major , through Polaris ...
... Perseus , her son - in - law , and above her is Androme- da , her daughter . The constellation contains fifty- five stars visible to the naked eye . Principal stars . - A line drawn from Megrez ( § ) , in Ursa Major , through Polaris ...
Page 243
... PERSEUS B ANDROMEDA Algol PEGASUS B L. L Pleteder M Aldeberun Hyader FISHE Perseus is represented as brandishing an enor- mous sword in his right hand , while in his left he holds the head of Medusa . The constellation com- prises ...
... PERSEUS B ANDROMEDA Algol PEGASUS B L. L Pleteder M Aldeberun Hyader FISHE Perseus is represented as brandishing an enor- mous sword in his right hand , while in his left he holds the head of Medusa . The constellation com- prises ...
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... Perseus had grown up , he was ordered by Polydectes to bring him , as a marriage gift , the head of Medusa . Now Medusa was once a beautiful maiden , who dared to compare her ringlets with those of Minerva ; where- upon the goddess ...
... Perseus had grown up , he was ordered by Polydectes to bring him , as a marriage gift , the head of Medusa . Now Medusa was once a beautiful maiden , who dared to compare her ringlets with those of Minerva ; where- upon the goddess ...
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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