Star-land; being talks with young people about the wonders of the heavens (1899)
Ball, Robert Stawell, Sir, 1840- [from old catalog] · Boston and London, Ginn & company · leaf 378
tending entirely round the nebula, showing that itseems to be formed of a series of rings ; and there aresome outlying portions which form part of the samesystem. Truly this is a marvellous object. It isimpossible for us to form any conception of the truedimensions of this gigantic nebula; it is so… … Fig. 90.— The Great Nebula in Andromeda. (From Mr. Robert* Photograph.) distance of any nebula. Everything, however, pointsto the conclusion that they are at least as far as thestars. It is almost impossible to apply the methods whichwe use in finding the distance of a star to the discovery 366…
Astronomy
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