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The constellations and how to find them; 13 maps, showing the position of the constellations in the sky during each month of any year. A popular and simple guide to a knowledge of the starry heavens, with introduction, general explanations, and a separate description of each map (1887)

Peck, William, Sir, 1862-1925 · Boston, Mass., Silver, Burdett & Co · leaf 22

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he penetrated vastdistances into the infinite space, and saw stars so distant that the light from them must have taken many hundredsof years to journey to our earth, and travelling, too, at such a tremendous velocity that in a little over every fiveseconds it moves through a space equal to one… … Small part of the Milky Wayn with a Telescope. THE CONSTELLATIONS AND HOW TO FIND THEM. In the llowing Table the names of the principal Stars, that are visible in Britain, are given,corresponding to their letter in the Greek alphabet.— Constellation. Letter, Name. Andromeda ... a Alpheratz y8…

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