Astronomy for the use of schools and academies (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908, Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910 · New York : Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 347
inFig. 360. Taking all these appearances together, they indicate thatit is due to a lens-shaped appendage surrounding the sun, and extending a littlebeyond the earthsorbit. It lies nearlyin the plane of theecliptic ; but its exactposition is not easilydetermined. Fig. 361 shows the gen-eral form… … Fig. 361. in the summer and fall is evident from Fig. 362, which showsthe position of the ecliptic and the zodiacal light with referenceto the western horizon at the time of sunset in March and inSeptember. It will be seen that in September the axis of thelight forms a small angle with the horizon,…
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