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Title: Astronomy without a telescope:
Year: 1869 (1860s)
Authors: Colbert, E(lias) (from old catalog)
Subjects: Astronomy Stars
Publisher: Chicago, G. & C. W. Sherwood
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ocation of the hand. A line from /?, passinga little South of d, and produced 17° farther, willtouch r, and 11° still farther is No. 109, both ofthe 4th magnitude, in the North Skirt; C, nearlyon the Equinoctial, between d and r, is 11° above a.South 7£° from No. 109, crossing the Equinoctial,is p., of the 4th magnitude, in the North foot, and10° Southwest from ;x is >*, of the 4th magnitude, inthe right foot, near the Ecliptic, and 14° fromArista. The Virgin was supposed to representthe season of harvest. 90. East of Denebola 36°, Southeast of CorCaroli, 26°, and nearly 33° from Arista, on thesame line of Longitude, is Arcturus — a ruddyyellow star of the 1st magnitude — a, in Bootes.The Ecliptic is perpendicular to the line joiningArista and Arcturus. These two, with Denebolaand Cor Caroli, form what is sometimes called theDiamond of Virgo. The three first named formnearly an equilateral triangle, while Cor Caroli isat the right angle of a triangle with Arcturus and
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NEAR THE AUTUMNAL EQUINOX. 31 Denebola. From Arcturus, 5;° towards Denebola,is r, Bootis, of the 3rd magnitude, and 8° on theother side of Arcturus, is f, also of the 3rd mag-nitude; the star outside the map — ^ Serpentis —is 22° beyond Arcturus, in the same line. ? is themost Northerly of a line of three stars, in the leftleg of Bootes, all of the 3rd magnitude; the line is6° in length towards the feet of Virgo. 91. Coma Berenices — The Hair of Berenice.This constellation lies north of Virgo, between itand Canes Venatici. It contains 43 discerniblestars, but only 3 of the 4th magnitude, a and No.36 are easily found, being on a line midway be-tween Denebola and Arcturus, and about 3° asun-der. No. 23 is West and a little North from No.36, forming with it, and a, an obtuse triangle. 92. Crater —The Cap. This constellationlies Southwest of Virgo, and South of the tail ofLeo, and contains 21 discernible stars. The linein the hinder leg of Leo (Sec. 86), continued 7°from e L

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