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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 377

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s, which mark the head, the tail, and the knees of theanimal. Aquarius is marked by no conspicuous stars. An irregularline of minute stars marks the course of the stream of waterwhich flows from the Water-Bearers Urn into the mouth of theSouthern Fish. This mouth is marked by the… … Fig. 398.The Fishes lie under Pegasus and Andromeda, but containno bright stars. Aries (between Pisces and Taurus) is markedby a pair of stars on the head, — one of the second, and oneof the third magnitude. Cancer (between Leo and Gemini) hasno bright stars, but contains a remarkable cluster of…

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