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 78
s large as the earth were putedge to edge and if the surface of the Sun were flat, their long line would just reach acrossthe Suns face. When we look at our moon it is hard to realize that it is about 240,000miles away. The diameter of the circle it describes is thus approximately 480,000 miles.Yet… … THE SON AT TOTAL ECLIPSE Showing corona and prominences; from a photograph taken, Jan., iSOS. at Jeur, India, by Dr. W. \V. Campbell, Director of the Lick Observatory 63 64 a Beginners Star^BooFi
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