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The wonders of the heavens (1871)

Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925, Lockyer, Winifred James, Mrs., d. 1879 · New York, C. Scribner & co. · leaf 79

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ls of the HeavenSo preceding constellation, it never sets and is always oppositeto the Great Bear. Tha Pole Star is the axle around whichthese two constellations revolve. If we now draw, from the stars a and ^ of the GreatBear, two lines joining the pole, and we prolong theselines beyond Cassiopea,… … Fig. 16. Cassiopea, Andromeda, Pegasus. Perseus. The last star of the square of Pegasus is, as wehave seen, a Andromedse ; the three others are called,y, Algenib, a, IMarkab, and /S, Scheat. To the north of/3 Andromedae is found, near a little star, v, the oblongnebula which has been compared to…

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