The book of stars; being a simple explanation of the stars and their uses to boy life, written to conform to the tests of the Boy scouts (1915)
Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 25
«_* Fig. 6.—The Big Dipper As We See It. The stars forming the Big Dipper stand out so bright andclear in the northern sky that you wont have the slightest troublein finding it, especially if you have the star finder at hand tohelp you. In using the star finder there is one thing you should keep … Fig. 7.—The Great Bear as the Ancients Saw It. well in mind and that is that the Big Dipper as we see it turnsround the North Star, like the hands of a clock, but in the oppo-site direction. That is, the Big Dipper seems to turn round theNorth Star from left to right. In a word the North Star forms…
Astronomy · Stars
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