Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York, H. Holt and Company · leaf 442
face the north, when hewill have the northern heavens as they appear, exceptthat the stars near the bottom of the map will be cut o£Eby the horizon. The first constellation to be looked for is Ursa Major, THE (JONSTELLA TIONS. 423 the Great Bear, familiarly known as the Dipper. Thetwo extreme stars… … MAP OF THE NORTHERN CONSTELLATIONS. 15° from the pole, in right ascension XY. houi-s, is a starof the second magnitude, ^ Ursce Minor is, about as brightas the pole-star. A curved row of three small stars liesbetween these two bright ones, and forms the handle ofthe supposed dipper. 424 ASTRONOMY.…
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