The dawn of astronomy; a study of the temple-worship and mythology of the ancient Egyptians (1894)
Lockyer, Joseph Norman,Sir,1836-1920 · London, Cassell · leaf 61
rent movements of the starswill depend very much upon the position we happen tooccupy on the earth : this can be made quite clear by a fewdiagrams. An observer at the North Pole of the earth, for instance,would see the stars moving round in circles parallel to thehorizon. Xo star would either rise… … ^ APPARENT MOVEMENT OF THE STARS TO AX OBSERVER AT THE EQUATOR. the northern one, because it was the half below theX. horizon.If the observer be on the equator, the movements of thestars all appear as indicated in the above diagram—thatis, all the stars will rise and set, and each star in turnwill…
Astronomy, Egyptian · Temples · Sun worship
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