List, C, Hall, T. G. (Thomas Grainger), 1803-1881 · Philadelphia : Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. and Carey & Hart · leaf 27
or is called its Declination; this distance is mea-sured on a circle passing through both poles. Two heavenly bodies are said to be in Conjunc-tion when they are on the same side of the earth,and to be in Opposition when the earth lies exactlybetween them. (1)(2) M -+- E M Thus if s, m, and e… … The smaller circle is intended to represent theearth. ASTRONOMICAL TERMS. 23 a is the place of the spectator. z is his zenith, z the nadir. n and n the north and south poles of the earth e a the earths equator. p and p are the poles of the heavens. The line p p the celestial axis, e q the…
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