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Astronomy with an opera-glass: (1896)

Serviss, Garrett Putman, 1851- [from old catalog] · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 45

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umber of faint stars scat-tered around Antares. Turn now to Beta (/3) in Scorpio,with the glass. A very pretty pair of stars will be seenhanging below /3. Sweeping downward from this point tothe horizon you will find many beautiful star-fields. Thestar marked Nu (v) is a double which yon will be… … Map 8. tion means that it is No. 4 in Messiers catalogue of nebulae.It is not a true nebula, but a closely compacted cluster of THE STARS OF SUMMER. 35 stars. With the opera-glass, if you are looking in a clearand moonless night, you will see it as a curious nebulousspeck. With a field-glass its…

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