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
wn leadthe way, however, and the figure of the sickle serves as aconvenient sign of identification. The stars of Cancer are not bright, and on dullnights they 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… … 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, 12 P.M. FOR NIGHT-CHART TO THIS MAP SEE OPPOSITE PAGE. FOR THE SKY AS THE OBSERVER FACES SOUTH, SEE PP. 40, 4I. For the sky at other Dates and Hours see Time Schedule, p. 35.…
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