Astronomy, a handy manual for students and others (1918)
Dyson, Frank Watson, Sir, 1868-1939 · New York, E.P. Dutton & Co. · leaf 252
ographed byProf. Barnard, and brings out the remarkable featuresof the dark rifts within it, or places void of stars.The Milky Way thus seems to be not one but anumber of agglomerations of stars. It certainly con-tains a vast number of faint stars. Does it also con- THE SIDEREAL UNIVERSE 241 tain… … Diag. XCV.Part of Milky Way {Barnard). rifts and comparing the result with the number in anequal area where the faint stars are thick. In this wayit is found that a considerable number of bright starsreally belong to the galaxy. 242 ASTRONOMY The physical characteristics of the stars show…
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