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Elementary astronomy; a beginner's text-book (1899)

Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 183

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898 (Jan. 1 R. A = 18h 49m Bed = South 23° South \ Feb. 1 = 21h lm = 17° (Mar. 1 = 22b 50m = 7° fApr. 1| May 1 = 0b 43m — North 5° = 2h 35m = 15° North Hu.ne \1 July 1 4h38m6h42m = 22° 23* 1 Aug. 1 = 8b 47m = 18° I Sept. 1 = 10h 43m = go (Oct. 1 — 12b 31m = South 3° South \ Nov. 1 = 14h 27m — 15°… … If the right-ascensions anddeclinations of the Sun dur-ing the months from Marchto September are laid downon a map we shall have adiagram like Fig. 100. Thestraight line represents thecelestial equator. The vernalequinox is at the right-handside of the picture. Theright-ascension of the…

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