Peck, William G. (William Guy), 1820-1892 · New York, Chicago, A. S. Barnes & company · leaf 60
Fig. 22. The Right Sphere. OP THE STARS. 55 it then ascends slowly till the summer solstice, when its dis-tance above the horizon is 23° 27; from that time it de- till the time of the autumnal equinox, when it isagain in the horizon, or sets. From this time till the nextvernal equinox it remains… … Fig. 23. The Parallel Sphere. Explanation. The figure represents theparallel sphere projected on the plane ofthe equinoctial; EAQV is the equinoctial ;V is the vernal equinox ; A is the autumnalequinox; and VA is the line of equinoxes ;VSA is the projection of that half of theecliptic which lies…
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