 | Art - 1856 - 602 pages
...1845. At that time it was of the most intense crimson, resembling a blood-drop on the black ground of the sky. As regards depth of color, no other star visible in these latitudes could be compared to it. In brightness it was just beyond the unassisted vision of most persons, or... | |
 | Learned institutions and societies - 1856 - 358 pages
...1845. At that time it was of the most intense crimson, resembling a blood-drop on th« black ground of the sky. As regards depth of color, no other star visible in the« latitudes could be compared to it In brightness it was just beyond the unassisted vision of most... | |
 | Frank Markey Gibson - Astronomy - 1894 - 214 pages
...object. Says Mr. Hind : " It is of the most intense crimson, resembling a blood-drop on the black ground of the sky ; as regards depth of color, no other star visible in these latitudes could be compared to it." Line from S Orionis to Rigel, and 7j° on. 875 2. RA, 6h. 7m. ; Dec., —... | |
 | John Ellard Gore - Astronomy - 1909 - 382 pages
...Hind's "crimson star" (RA 4" 53m, S. 14° 57', 1900) described by him as " of the most intense crimson, resembling a blood drop on the background of the sky; as regards depth of colour, no other star visible in these latitudes could be compared with it." It is variable from about... | |
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At that time it was of the most intense crimson, resembling a blood-drop on the black ground of the sky. As regards depth of color, no other star visible in these latitudes could be compared to it. 