Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York, H. Holt · leaf 447
west and go toward the east, in the order of rightascension. Aries, the Ham, is in the west, about one third of theway from the horizon to the zenith. It may be recognizedby three stars of the second, third, and fourth magni-tudes, respectively, forming an obtuse-angled triangle.The brightest star… … Fig. 115 —the constellation leo, the lion. Cancer, the Crab, lies east of Gemini, but contains noDright star. The most noteworthy object in this constel-lation is Prwsepe, a group of telescopic stars, which ap-pears to the naked eye like a spot of milky light. To seeit well, the night must be clear…
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