Peck, William G. (William Guy), 1820-1892 · New York, Chicago, A. S. Barnes & company · leaf 55
istin-guished.3 50 ASTRONOMY. Fig. 20 represents the central parts of the great nebula ofOrion as drawn by Trouvelot. It is the most brilliant andalso the most complicated in form of all the nebulae whichare visible in our latitudes. It contains in its brightest parta multiple star, 0 Orionis. This… … Fig. 30. Central part of the Great Nebula in Orion as drawn by Trouvelot. the same. Another remarkable nebula surrounds the starr\ Argus, in the southern hemisphere. Fig. 21 is a drawing made by Sir John Herschel. Itcovers an area of the heavens equal to fi\Te times that cov-ered by the full moon.…
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