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Identifier: astronomyforhigh00newc (find matches)
Title: Astronomy for high schools and colleges
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909 Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author
Subjects: Astronomy
Publisher: New York, H. Holt and Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Fig. 113.—view of the Plei-ades AS SEEN IN AN INVERT-ING TELESCOPE. East of the Pleia- or the Eye of des is the bright red the Bull. It lies in a group called the Hijades, ar-ranged in the form of the letter V, and forming the face star Aldebaran,a group called 426 ASTRONOMY. of the Bull. In the middle of one of the legs of the Ywill be seen a beautiful pair of stars of the fourth magni-tude very close together. They are called d Tauri. Gemini^ the Twins, lie east of the Milky Way, andmay be recognized by the bright stars Castor and Pollux^which lie 20° or 30° south-east or south of the zenith.
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Fig. 114.—the constellation orion. They are about 5° apart, and Pollux^ the southernmostone, is a little brighter than Castor. Orion., the most brilliant constellation in the heavens,is very near the meridian, lying south-east of Taurus andsouth-west of Gemini. It may be readily recognized bythe figure which we give. Four of its bright stars form THE CONSTELLATIONS. 42? the corners of a rectangle about 15° long from northto soutli, and 5° wide. In tlie middle of it is a row oftliree bright stars of the second magnitude, wliich no onecan fail to recognize. Below this is another row of threesmaller ones. The middle star of this last row is called6 Orionis, and is situated in the midst of the great nebulaof Orion, one of the most remarkable telescopic objects inthe heavens. Indeed, to the naked eye this star has anebulous hazy appearance. The two stars of tlie firstmagnitude are a Orionis^ or Betelguese, which is the high-est, and may be recognized by its red color, and Rigel,or P O

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