Elementary astronomy; a beginner's text-book (1899)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 69
tersa, (3, y, d, e, rj, C are the first seven letters of the Greekalphabet. The stars themselves are a part of the constel-lation or group of stars named Ursa Major—the Great Bear—by the ancients (see Fig. 25). After you have foundthem you must notice that two of them a and j3 (they arecalled the… … Fig. 27.—The Stars of the Dipper;as they appear in the early hours of the evening in the month of May. ern heavens every time you go out of doors on a clearnight, so as to be able to find Ursa Major, Polaris, andCassiopea quickly and easily. If you study the motions of the northern stars you…
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