Star-land : being talks with young people about the wonders of the heavens (1891)
Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir, 1840-1913 · London ; Paris : Cassell & Co. · leaf 359
phere. If a dark star, moving along withterrific speed through space, were suddenly to plungeinto a dense region of the Great Nebula, heat and light 344 Star-Land. would be evolved sufficiently to transform the star into abrilliant object. If, therefore, we knew the distance ofthis star at the time… … Fig. 89.—To show how small is the Solar System in comparisonwith a great Nebula. of whose distance I attempted some time ago to give you anotion. We thus realise the enormous size of the Great Nebula.It appears that if, on a map of the nebula, we were to layclown, accurately to scale, a map of the…
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