Elementary astronomy; a beginner's text-book (1899)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 41
y are at very different dis-tances. The point Q is in the line Oq prolonged; thepoints R, 8, U, V are in the lines Or, Os, Ou, Ov pro-longed. Now suppose there happened to be three stars, t, 20 ASTRONOMY. t, t, in a line. They would all three appear on the celes-tial sphere at T. You would never… … Fig. 4.— The Earth (n, q, s) in the Centre op the Celestial Sphere. On the surface of the celestial sphere meridians and parallels are sup-posed to he drawn corresponding to meridians and parallels on the Earth. What you see in a dark night is stars apparently studdedover the inner surface of the…
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