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The visible universe; chapters on the origin and construction of the heavens (1892)
Gore, J. Ellard (John Ellard), 1845-1910 · London, C. Lockwood and son · leaf 320
igure to have anextension of 850 times the mean distance of stars of thefirst magnitude; the thickness at right angles to thediameter of the disc, or in the direction of the poles ofthe Milky Way, being 155 of the same units. The Sunis not quite centrally placed either in the direction of… … S3 © X 31 05 I5= =3 73 THE ST.ELLAK STRATUM. 241 In the direction of the thickness he found an extensionof 75 units towards Coma Berenices, or Northern GalacticPole, and 80 units towards Cetus, or the Southern Pole.In the direction of the diameter the maximum extension isin the direction of Aquila,…Stars · Nebular hypothesis
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