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An introduction to astronomy (1916)

Moulton, Forest Ray, 1872-1952 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 208

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des group. Fig. 59, consists of 7 stars in theform of a little dipper about 30° southwest of Capella andnearly 20° south of, and a little east of, Algol. Six of them. CH. V, 97] THE CONSTELLATIONS 161 which are of jhe fourth magnitude, are easily visible withoutoptical aid; but the seventh, which… … Fig. 59. — The Pleiades. Photographed by Wallace at the Yerkes Observatory. having been lost. There is no difficulty now, however, forpeople with good eyes to see it, while those with exceptionallykeen sight can see 10 or 11 stars. No group of stars in all the sky seems to have attractedgreater…

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