The call of the stars; a popular introduction to a knowledge of the starry skies with their romance and legend (1919)
Kippax, John R. (John Robert), 1849-1922 · New York, London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 356
gions unknown, an occasional one, per-chance, finding its way to one of the planets. The visible, bright surface of the Sun—the innermostportion that can be seen—is the photosphere, orlight sphere. It is a white cloud-like covering, com-posed largely of intensely hot metallic vapours, andfrom it… … U. S. Naval Observatory, Washington Plate XXIII. Total Eclipse of the Sun, with Corona,May 28, 1900 The Sun 293 surface has a granulated or mottled appearance, whichhas been aptly compared to that of a piece of greycloth with rice-grains or snowfiakes thickly scatteredover it. Above the seething…
Stars · Constellations · Planets
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