Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York, H. Holt and Company · leaf 30
rf ace, as shown in Fig. 3. Here the observeris supposed to be stationed in the centre 0, and to havearound him the bodies p, q, r, s, t, etc. The sphere itselfbeing supposed to extend outside of all these bodies, wemay imagine lines drawn from the centre through each ofthem, directly away from the… … Fig. 3.—stars seen on the celestial sphere. If several of the bodies, as those marked t^ t\ t\ are inthe same straight line from the observer, they will appearas one body, and will be projected on the same pointof the sphere. Hence positions on the celestial sphererepresent the directions of the…
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