Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 196
onstellationbecause it is at one of the points where the line of the equatorcrosses the line of the ecliptic. When the Sun crosses the point where the equator and theecliptic meet the days and nights are then equal at all placeson the Earth, and hence we call this time of the year, which isabout… … of the zodiac whose sign is °f> (Aries) but is now in that partwhose sign is # (Taurus). The position of Aries in the sky is shown in Fig. 175 andyou can easily find him by drawing a line from the North Star
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