Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York : H. Holt and company · leaf 444
nd face the north, when hewill have the northern heavens as they appear, exceptthat the stars near the bottom of the map will be cut ofiby the horizon. The first eonstoUation to be looked for is Ursa Major, THE CONSTELLA T10N3. 423 the Great Bear, familiarly known as the Dipper. Thetwo extreme… … Fig. 113.—map op the nokthbkn constbli/Ations. 15° from the pole, in right ascension XY. hours, is a starof the second magnitude, /S Ursm Minoris, about as brightas the pole-star. A curved row of three small stars liesbetween these two bright ones, and forms the handle ofthe supposed dipper. 424…
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