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 54
her to the southward lies PiscisAusTRiNus, the Southern Fish [330], not to be confusedwith Pisces, the Fishes, to which we have just referred.The mouth of the Southern Fish is marked by FoM alhaut[331], a star of the first magnitude. It is not so brightas Sirius or Rigel but a welcome object in… … OC/UJfe-^ or Nef3u/a- its the observer faces Soufhtvard,Ihe jtars af his left are rijiha;? those afhij riijht ans setftng. KEY-MAP TO THE SKY AS THE OBSERVER FACES SOUTH.JAN. 1, 8 P.M.. DEC. IS, 9 P.M., DEC. 1, 10 P.M., NOV. IS, 11 P.M., NOV. 1, 12 P.M. FOR NIGHT-CHART TO THIS MAP SEE OPPOSITE…
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