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Page 105
... Polaris would be directly overhead , and the stars would seem to pass around us in circles parallel to the horizon , and increasing in diameter from the upper to lower ones . Were we placed at the equator 5 * THE EARTH . 105.
... Polaris would be directly overhead , and the stars would seem to pass around us in circles parallel to the horizon , and increasing in diameter from the upper to lower ones . Were we placed at the equator 5 * THE EARTH . 105.
Page 234
... Polaris and the Dipper on the map and in the heavens agree in position , and then locating the other constellations by comparison . As they revolve about Polaris , their places will vary with every successive night through the year ...
... Polaris and the Dipper on the map and in the heavens agree in position , and then locating the other constellations by comparison . As they revolve about Polaris , their places will vary with every successive night through the year ...
Page 235
... Polaris . From day to day this aspect will change , each star coming Algol P E R.IS E US ( Map No. 1 . ) - Fig . 78 LYNX CYGNUS A GIRAFFE Polaris CEPHE US D A R Thuban 0 HERCULES BEAR Benet ne Cor Caroli NORTHERN CIRCUMPOLAR ...
... Polaris . From day to day this aspect will change , each star coming Algol P E R.IS E US ( Map No. 1 . ) - Fig . 78 LYNX CYGNUS A GIRAFFE Polaris CEPHE US D A R Thuban 0 HERCULES BEAR Benet ne Cor Caroli NORTHERN CIRCUMPOLAR ...
Page 237
... Polaris , at the extremity of the handle , has been known from time immemorial as the North Polar Star . Among the Greeks it was styled Cynosure . Until the ma- riner's compass came into use , it was the star " Whose faithful beams ...
... Polaris , at the extremity of the handle , has been known from time immemorial as the North Polar Star . Among the Greeks it was styled Cynosure . Until the ma- riner's compass came into use , it was the star " Whose faithful beams ...
Page 238
... Polaris is so great , that though the star is moving through space at the rate of ninety miles per minute , this ... Polaris . - By an ob- server at the equator , Polaris is seen at the horizon . If he advances north , the horizon is de ...
... Polaris is so great , that though the star is moving through space at the rate of ninety miles per minute , this ... Polaris . - By an ob- server at the equator , Polaris is seen at the horizon . If he advances north , the horizon is de ...
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ancients Andromeda angle aphelion appearance Aries astronomers atmosphere axis body Boötes bright brilliant Canis Minor Capricornus Cassiopeia celestial centre Cepheus circle color comet conjunction constellation Cor Caroli dark density Describe diameter disk Draco earth east ecliptic equal equator equinoctial figure fixed stars full moon globe heat heavens Hercules Herschel horizon inclined inferior inferior conjunction inferior planet Jupiter latitude length light lunar Lyra magnitude Mars mean distance Mercury meridian meteors miles moon moon's motion move naked eye nearly nebula Neptune node north pole orbit Orion parallax pass path penumbra perihelion Perseus Pisces planet Polaris precession rays revolve ring rising Saturn seasons seen shadow shines shower sidereal sidereal day solar day solar system space spots summer sun's superior planet surface synodic revolution tance Taurus telescope theory tion Uranus Ursa Major Ursa Minor varies velocity Venus vernal equinox visible zodiac