Sharpless, Isaac, 1848-1920, Philips, G. M. (George Morris), 1851-1920, joint author · Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott company · leaf 145
ase if the occultation comes before full moon, thephenomenon is very striking. The star disappears sud-denly and apparently without there being anything tocause its disappearance. Its reappearance on the otherside is just as sudden. This proves that the stars haveno apparent size whatever, but are… … tation of one of the prominent planets is rather rare,and always attracts attention. As in the telescope theseshow disks of considerable size, they disappear gradu-ally. Fig. 33 shows an occupation of Jupiter. All theoccultations of stars bright enough to be seen by the naked eye are predictedevery…
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