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 35
our Sun isfrom the nearest star. 50. The Milky Way, then, traces for us the directionin which our universe has its largest dimensions. The ab-sence of faint stars in the parts of the sky farthest fromthe Milky Way shows us that the limits of the universe in that directionare much soonerreached than… … Fig. 16.—Supposed Shape of our Universe circular piece of thick pasteboard. And the smaller ones ? 49. What may be inferred respecting the shape of our uni-verse ? 50. What does the Milky Way trace for us ? What does the absence offaint stars in the parts of the sky remote from the Milky Way show ?…
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