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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 45

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ho lived nearly 3,000 years ago) says, referring to the invisibility of the Pleiades :— There is a time when forty days they lie,And forty nights, concealed from human eye,But in the course of the revolving year.When the swain sharps the scythe, again appear. Above this interesting group is Capella… … DHSCRTPTION OF MAP VIII. I ASSIOPEIA is still in the North, Andromeda being underneath it; Cepheus is above and to theright of Cassiopeia; the stars a, (i, and y are now lying horizontal; the Little Bear is abovethe star y of Cepheus; the Guardians of the Pole being above Polaris and slightly to…

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