A high-school astronomy: in which the descriptive, physical, and practical are combined .. (1859)
Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Mason brothers · leaf 209
ofthe most remark-able nebula inall the heavensmay be foundaround the mid-dle star in thesword of Orion.It is easily seenwith a commontelescope. It isshaped like thehead of someanimal—a fish, for instance—with its mouth open. Nearthe inner surface of this mouth are four stars, ranged inthe form of… … NEBULA 205 468. The sun is considered by astronomers as belong-ing to this class of nebulous stars; and the ZodiacalLight (322 and 325) has been regarded as of the natureof the gaseous matter with which the nebulous stars aresurrounded. It is supposed that if we were as far fromthe sun as from the…
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