The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 353
we simply designate tliem by the letters of the Greek alpha-bet, without the addition of the name of the constellation,which answers to a persons surname, while the Greek letteranswers to his Christian name. The names of the sevenstars of the Dipper are given in Fig. 366. When theletters of the… … Fig. 366. a faint luminous band, of irregular outline, which surround?the heavens with a great circle, as shown in Fig. 367-Through a considerable portion of its course it is dividedinto two branches, and there are various vacant spaces atdifferent points in this band; but at only one point in…
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