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All night with the stars (1920)

Brown, Louise. [from old catalog] · New York, The Womans press · leaf 24

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Olcott, in A Field Book of the Stars, gives this easylittle rhyme to aid in remembering when these stars rise be-tween 9 and 9: 30 oclock in the evening, except Arcturus,which rises at ten oclock February 1. The number overthe name of the star tells the month, 1 for January, 2 forFebruary, and so… … Star Trails• Result of exposing a camera to stars near the North Star for fivehours. The shortest arc is the trail made by the North Star. Thus it is in December that Sirius will be seen rising be-tween 9 and 9: 30 oclock, and Regulus in January. Butwe are ahead of the calendar for we have seen…

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