Elementary astronomy; a beginner's text-book (1899)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 59
on of the Moon from rising to setting. We may know 39 40 ASTRONOMY. the fact that groups of stars also rise and set. But to thor-oughly understand their motions we must actually observesome particular stars carefully. The student should him-self make the observations that are described here so far… … Fig. 19.—Diurnal Motion of a Group of Southern Stars.The right hand of this picture is west; the left hand is east. and where he can command an unobstructed view of theeastern and western horizon. Let him select a group ofbright stars that are not very far apart, and that are notvery far above the…
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