Howe, Herbert A. (Herbert Alonzo), 1858-1926 · Meadville, Penna., Flood and Vincent · leaf 325
g sur-rounding us ? Starswhose spectra arelike that of Siriusare very abundantin and near the Gal-axy, and scatteredsparsely in otherregions ; this facthas led ProfessorPickering to saythat the Milky Waymay well be regard-ed as a distinctcluster of stars, towhich, from its com-position or its age,… … Fig. i38.—Cloudy Region in the Milky Way. The Fixed Stars. 319 which the sun is one. Surrounding the ball is an irregu-lar ring composed of faint stars in and adjacent to theMilky Way. Such a theory as this cannot be consid-ered final, but it commends itself as the best that can bedevised in the…
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