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The book of stars (1920)

Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 25

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of stars, which is about 40 degrees above the horizon. (See Fig.98.) The line for sighting the North Star is shown in Fig. 5. All the stars of this group are very faint except one and thisparticular star will stand out bright, distinct and alone, for the 4 THE BOOK OF THE STARS other two stars of… … Fig. 4.—Finding the North Star and the Big Dipper. To make sure you have not mistaken some other star forthe North Star it will be a good idea to prove your find. Searcharound in the northern sky a little and you will see a group ofseven bright stars fixed in the sky just as the cardboard stars…

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