Curiosities of the sky, a popular presentation of the great riddles and mysteries of astronomy (1909)
Serviss, Garrett Putman, 1851-1929 · New York, London, Harper & brothers · leaf 27
sack, for instead of looking like an absolute void inthe sky, it rather appears as if a canopy of dark gauzehad been drawn over the stars. We shall see thepossible significance of this appearance later. Just above the southern horizon of our northernmiddle latitudes, in summer, where the Milk^^… … THE MILKY WAY. REGION NEAR M 8. PHOTOGRAPHED BYPROFESSOR BARNARD WINDOWS OF ABSOLUTE NIGHT them, near a conspicuous star - cluster in Scorpio,80 M, is interesting for having been the first of thesestrange objects noted by Herschel. Probably it wasits nearness to 80 M which suggested to his mind…
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