Elements of astronomy: accompanied with numerous illustrations, a colored representation of the solar, stellar, and nebular spectra, and celestial charts of the northern and the southern hemisphere (1875)
Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 219
better than the northern one ; while at thoseoppositions which occur when the planet is at the oppositesolstice, the northern hemisphere is chiefly visible. Butwe see more of the northern hemisphere in the latter casethan we do of the southern one in the former, because inthe latter case the planet… … Fig. 83.—Different Appearances of Saturns Eings. 382. Saturns Rings as seen at Different Times fromthe Earth.—Fig. 83 shows the effect of inclination inthe case of the rings of Saturn. The plane of the rings isinclined to the ecliptic, and the different positions of this opposition will be the most…
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