Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888 · New York, A.C. Armstrong and son · leaf 78
sof these pages who have telescopes may know where tolook for a sun which is now dying out, but was shininga few weeks ago as a third magnitude star. Fig. 8presents a portion of the well-known constellationCygnus or the Swan. Any star atlas will indicate theplace of the lettered stars shown in the… … Fig. 8.— Part of Cygnus, showing the place of new star (November 24, 1876). about half-past ten in the middle of February; but alittle higher up, between north and north-east, at mid- * This chapter was first published in February, 1877, when theStar was already invisible to the naked eye, The end…
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