Serviss, Garrett Putman, 1851- [from old catalog] · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 42
of the map is the point over his head, and that theedge of it represents the circle of the horizon, the reader,by a little attention and comparison with the sky, will beable to fix in his mind the relative situation of the variousconstellations. The maps that follow will show him… … in our map. Earlier in the evening, at about that date, sayat nine oclock, he will be able to see many of these con-stellations, but he must look for them farther toward theeast than they are represented in the map. The bright starsin Bootes and Virgo, for instance, instead of being over in 32…
Astronomy
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