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A study of the sky (1896)

Howe, Herbert A. (Herbert Alonzo), 1858-1926 · Meadville, Penna., Flood and Vincent · leaf 44

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ecluster in Per-seus, or uponthe Pleiades?How many starscan you seewithin the bowlof the Great _ . Fig. 8.—A Section of the Milky Way. Dipper ? Is your eye sufficiently keen to split the double-star Ep-silon Lyrae, which lies but three moon-breadths fromVega ? Has a telescope ever split again each… … Urania. 38 A Study of the Sky. she glows with silvery sheen in the west, and weaves herway in and out among the stars, from night to night ?Can Venus be seen at midnight ? Is the full moon vis-ible at noon ? Do the horns of the crescent moon pointtoward the sun ? Does the moon always set directly…

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