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The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)

Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 368

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Fig. 384. Betelgetise and Rigel are in the constellation Orion, being … Fig. 385. 342 ASTRONOMY. about equally distant to the north and south from the threestars forming the belt of Orion. Betelgeuse is a red star.Sirius is the brightest star in the heavens, and belongs to theconstellation Caiiis Major, or the Great Dog. It lies to theeast of the belt of Orion.…

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