Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York, H. Holt and Company · leaf 444
here are only six stars in thegroup clearly visible to ordi-nary eyes, and any eye strongenough to see seven will prob-ably see four others, or elevenin all. This group forms aninteresting object of studywith a small telescope, as sixtyor eighty stars can then readilybe seen. We therefore pre-sent… … Fig. 113.—view of the Plei-ades AS SEEN IN AN INVERT-ING TELESCOPE. East of the Pleia- or the Eye of des is the bright red the Bull. It lies in a group called the Hijades, ar-ranged in the form of the letter V, and forming the face star Aldebaran,a group called 426 ASTRONOMY. of the Bull. In the…
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