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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 61

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map.You will perceive that it is composed of two stars of almostequal magnitude. If you had a telescope of considerablepower, you would find that each of these stars is in turndouble* In other words, this wonderful star which appearssingle to the unassisted eye, is in reality quadruple, andthere is… … Map 11. cle around a center common to all. With a field-glass youwill be able to see that the other star near Yega, Zeta (f), isalso double, the distance between its components being threequarters of a minute, while the two stars in e are a little lessthan 3i apart. The star Beta (/3) is remarkably…

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