The starry skies: or, First lessons on the sun, moon and stars (1894)
Giberne, Agnes, 1845-1939 · New York, American tract society · leaf 246
n be seen without a telescope, whileothers are mere specks even in a fairly goodtelescope. In some clusters only about one or two hun-dred stars are seen. In others we find a count-less multitude of stats—thousands of suns seem-ingly packed together in a mass. The packed look comes from great… … The Nebula in Andromeda. GIANT-SUNS AND CLUSTERS. 221 of a forest, which close at hand stand apart, seemin the distance to shrink close together. That ishow the stars do. One very important cluster you may easilysee any clear winter evening—the cluster of thePleiades. Most people can make out five…
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