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The elements of astronomy; a textbook (1919)

Young, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1834-1908, Young, Anne Sewell, b. 1871., ed · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn and Company · leaf 499

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thePole: (3 is called Kochab. The remaining corner of the bowl is marked bythe faint star -q with another still smaller one near it. The Pole lies about 1 \° from the Pole-star, on the line joiningit to £ Ursse Majoris (at the bend in the handle of the largeDipper). Telescopic Object. Polaris has a… … Fig. A. — Measurement of Distance and Position-Angleof a Double Star. 12 URANOGRAPHY. [§ 9 distance as the Pointers, and is easily recognized by thezigzag, rail-fence configuration of the five or six bright starsthat mark it. With the help of the rather inconspicuous stark, one can make out of them…

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