Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York, H. Holt · leaf 449
Venatici, and are at thetime supposed exactly in our ze-nith chasing Ursa Major aroundthe pole. Corona Borealis, the North-ern Crown, lies next east ofFig. 116.-COBOKA bore- Bootes in the north-east. It is a small but extremely beautifulconstellation. Its principal stars are arranged in the formof… … THE CONSTELLATIONS. 431 In this position, the Milky Way seems once more tospan the heavens like an arch, resting on the horizon inthe north-east and south-west. But we do not see thesame parts of it which were visible in the first position atsix hours of right ascension. Cassiopeia is now in…
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