Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York : H. Holt and company · leaf 33
toward the west between the zenith andthe pole, then sink down in tlie north-west ; and on the 12 ASTRON^OMY. following night curve its couree once more toward theeast. Tlie arc which it appears to describe is a perfectcircle, having the pole in its centre. The farther fromthe pole we go, the… … ^G. 3.—THE APPARENT DIURNAI, MOTION. As a result of this apparent motion, each individualconstellation changes its configuration with respect to thehorizon, that part which is liighest when the constellationis above the polo being lowest when below it. This isshown in Figure 4, which represents a…
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