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 395
theposition of this constellation, as of every other in theheavens, changes with the hour of the night, andchanges with the seasons of the year. About April theconstellation at 11 oclock at night is high over yourhead. In September at the same hour, the Great Bearis low down in the north. It is to… … Fig. 92. —The Great Bear and the Pole Star. of our study of the stars arises from the fact that to anobserver in the British Islands or in similar latitudesthis group never sets. Whenever the sky is clear afternightfall, the Great Bear is to be seen somewhere,while the brightness of its component…
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