Star lore of all ages; a collection of myths, legends, and facts concerning the constellations of the Northern Hemisphere (1911)
Olcott, William Tyler, 1873-1936 · New York, London : G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 83
appears in the Ephemerides of allmodern sea-going nations. It culminates at 9 p.m., onthe 25th of October. Fomalhaut is reddish in colour, and distant from the earthabout twenty-one light years. So far as is known it has nocompanion. By one authority this star was thought tobe the Central Sun of… … AQUILA AQUILATHE EAGLE Aquila the nextDivides the ether with her ardent wingBeneath the Swan, not far from Pegasus,Poetic Eagle. The history of the constellation Aquila, the Eagle, isespecially interesting both because in this case we can traceit back very clearly to the earliest times, and the…
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