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 95
The ecliptic, which is itself the pathof the Sun, will be found clearly indicated on the larger ofthe two maps at the close of this volume. Each planet isalways somewhere in the Zodiac and is said to be in the constellation lying at thebackground of this position. The Zodiac or track of the planets… … SATURN, 1900 From the Yerkes Observatory tTbc planets Si Sagittarius, the Archer; Capricornus, the Sea-Goat; Aquarius, the Water-Bearer; Pisces,the Fishes.* The Zodiac extends 8° on each side of the ecliptic. The Greeks reckoned seven as the number of the planets, but they included boththe Sun and…
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