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 408
Fig. 441. ASTRONOMY. 381 mers, and excited the wonder of observers, is the %reatnebula of Orion, which surrounds the middle star of thethree which form the sword of Orion. A good eye will per-ceive that this star, instead of looking like a bright point,has a hazy appearance, due to the surrounding… … Fig. 442. noticed by no one, and indeed cannot be well observedexcept with large telescopes. In the sword of Orion arethree stars quite close together. In 1656, as I chancedto be viewing the middle one of these with the telescope,instead of a single star, twelve showed themselves (a notuncommon…
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