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 355
uld find that the greater partof those remaining were in theGalaxy. The increase in the numberof the stars of all magnitudes aswe approach the plane of theMilky-Way is shown in Fig. 368.The curve acb shows by itsheight the distribution of thestars above the ninth magnitude,and the curve A CB those… … Fig. 368. into clusters may be seen,naked eye, sometimes asStars, or Pleiades, but more commonly as patches of dif-fused light, the stars being too small to be seen separately.The number visible in powerful telescopes is, however, much ASTRONOMY. 329
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