Half-hours with the Stars: 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 Year1870 - 22 páginas |
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... sides . Each map may be held with any part of the circumference downward , then the centre of the map is to be looked upon as the top for that part of the circumference . The portion of the map lying beneath the centre represents the ...
... sides . Each map may be held with any part of the circumference downward , then the centre of the map is to be looked upon as the top for that part of the circumference . The portion of the map lying beneath the centre represents the ...
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... side , known to the ancients as the Aselli . We have now come round again to the Great Bear . Observe how much larger an extent of sky this constellation covers , than is commonly assigned to it by beginners . In its present aspect ...
... side , known to the ancients as the Aselli . We have now come round again to the Great Bear . Observe how much larger an extent of sky this constellation covers , than is commonly assigned to it by beginners . In its present aspect ...
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... side of the as yet unrisen Ophiuchus . Serpens is the only constella- tion thus divided . Above Serpens is Boötes , still nearly recumbent . Coma Berenices and Cor Caroli occupy the positions severally accorded to them in the map . To ...
... side of the as yet unrisen Ophiuchus . Serpens is the only constella- tion thus divided . Above Serpens is Boötes , still nearly recumbent . Coma Berenices and Cor Caroli occupy the positions severally accorded to them in the map . To ...
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... . Above these is Cassiopeia , the right - hand side of the W beginning to be the highest . Below , and close to the horizon , is Perseus . Eastern Horizon Worth eastern liorizer PERSEUS Algot f Hamal ANDROMEDA AUGUST.
... . Above these is Cassiopeia , the right - hand side of the W beginning to be the highest . Below , and close to the horizon , is Perseus . Eastern Horizon Worth eastern liorizer PERSEUS Algot f Hamal ANDROMEDA AUGUST.
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... side to side . Vega is due west , and high above the horizon , the stars B and y lying to the left at about the same height . Also at about the same height is the star B of the Swan , and the cross of Cygnus is now upright again ...
... side to side . Vega is due west , and high above the horizon , the stars B and y lying to the left at about the same height . Also at about the same height is the star B of the Swan , and the cross of Cygnus is now upright again ...
Términos y frases comunes
9 o'clock Aldeboran Algol Alkes Alphecca Alpheral Alpherat Altair Andromeda Antares approaching the horizon AQUARIUS AQUILA Arcturus Auriga Bear Bear's tail Betelgeux Boötes CANIS MAJOR CANIS MINOR Capella CAPRICORNUS Cassiopeia Castor and Pollux CEMINI Cepheus Cetus conspicuous stars constellation Cor Caroli Cor Hydra corresponding CORVUS CYCNUS Cygnus Deneb Draco Dragon due south due west east ERIDANUS Guardians HALF-HOUR Hercules Horizon North eastern Horizon THE SKY Leporis LIBRA lies list at p.10 Map VII Milky nearly north point North western Horizon north-east north-north-west notice observer Ophiuchus Orion Perseus Pleiades point overhead pointers Pole pole-star Presepe Procyon R. A. PROCTOR raised recognise Regulus Rigel risen rising into view round Sagittarius Scorpio SERPENS Sickle small stars South eastern Horizon south-east south-south-east south-west Southern Horizon Spica square of Pegasus TAURUS Telescope Twins URSA MAJOR vertical Vincent Brooks Day VIRCO west-north-west
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Página 28 - Thro' cells of madness, haunts of horror and fear, That I come to be grateful at last for a little thing : My mood is changed, for it fell at a time of year When the face of night is fair on the dewy downs, And the shining daffodil dies, and the Charioteer And starry Gemini hang like glorious crowns Over Orion's grave low down in the west...
Página 6 - 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.
Página 5 - HALF-HOURS WITH THE TELESCOPE: a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a means of Amusement and Instruction.
Página 13 - The following table exhibits the names of all the stars of the first three magnitudes to -which astronomers have given names ; at least, all those whose names are in common use...
Página 10 - EAST to gain a knowledge of the stars, if the learner sets to work in the proper manner. But he commonly meets with a difficulty at the outset of his task. He provides himself with a set of the ordinary star-maps, and then finds himself at a loss how to make use of them. Such maps tell him nothing of the position of the constellations on the sty. If he happen to recognise a constellation, then indeed his maps, if properly constructed, will tell him the names of the stars forming the constellation,...
Página 10 - ... task. He provides himself with a set of the ordinary star-maps and then finds himself at a loss how to make use of them. Such maps tell him nothing of the position of the constellations on the sty. If he happen to recognize a constellation, then, indeed, his maps, if properly constructed, will tell him the names of the stars forming the constellation, and, also, he may be able to recognize a few of the neighboring constellations. But when he has done this he may meet with a new difficulty, even...
Página 28 - It is impossible not to recognise, from the configuration of this constellation as now seen, that the ancients looked on the stars which form the Lesser Bear as forming a wing of Draco.