The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 24
tive. The stars are really at veryunequal distances from us; but they are all seen project-ed upon the celestialsphere in the direc-tion in which theyhappen to lie. Thus,suppose an observersituated at C (Fig. 3),stars situated at a, h,d, e, /, and g, wouldbe projected upon thesphere at A, B, D,… … ASTRONOMY.
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