A beginner's star-book; an easy guide to the stars and to the astronomical uses of the opera-glass, the field-glass and the telescope (1912)
Murphy, Edgar Gardner, 1869-1913 · New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 52
adthe way, however, and the figure of the sickle serves as aconvenient sign of identification. The stars of Cancer are not bright, and on dullnights thej^ are not easy to find except with an opera-glass or field-glass. But on a very clear evening thepretty star cluster called Praesepe or the… … ffe^utus 3tar Maqnilude^« %Znd%3ni*4lhilhandunderQ Cluster or Nebula BQOTCJ /?j fhe objen^er /aces //orthrvard,Ihe stars at his naht are ns/nifittiose at fits left are Settmq. KEY-MAP TO THE SKY AS THE OBSERVER FACES NORTH. JAN. 1. 8 P.M., DEC. 15, 9 P.M., DEC. 1, 10 P.M., NOV. 15, 11 P.M., NOV. 1,…
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