Astronomy with the naked eye; a new geography of the heavens, with descriptions and charts of constellations, stars, and planets (1908)
Serviss, Garrett Putnam, 1851-1929 · New York : Harper · leaf 260
ation theplanet appears, as shown in the outer circle, its ap-proximate place among the stars may be ascertained.When once it is known that Jupiter, Saturn, or Marsis to be seen within the borders of any given constella-tion, no difficulty will be found in recognizing theplanet concerned,… … The recognition of the planets is rendered so muchthe easier by the fact that their orbits are all con-fined within the limits of the zodiacal band, which ex-tends eight degrees on each side of the ecliptic, or theapparent path of the sun. Accordingly they are al-ways to be found in one or another…
Astronomy · Constellations
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