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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
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Centaurmark the Southern bend of the luminous band;it recedes from the South Pole on e ich side ofCentaurus. From the Cross Westward, it rnnsthrough Argo, Monoceros, the feet of Gemini, theEast part of Orion, Auriga, Perseus, Cassiopeia,and to the head of Cepheus. Here it divides, pass-ing through Cygnus in two streams, which meet inthe tail of Scorpio, and flow unitedly through Arato Centaurus. One stream from Cygnus passesthrough Delphinus, Aquila, the feet of Antinous,Shield of Sobieski and the bow of Sagittarius tothe tail of Scorpio ; the other stream from Cygnus,through Anser (Sec. 132), Taurus Poniatowski,the side of Ophiucus, and the tail of Scorpio. Define and explain (the figures refer to the sections): 127. Map No. XII; connections. 128. Argo, Tureis; Canopus; Naos; stern line; Robur Caroli; two diamondgroups; Equilateral triangle. 129. Crux; Agena; Ungula; Musca; Triangulum Australis; Circinus; Doradus;Pictoris; Hydrus. 130. Octans; bare of stars; Course of the Milky Way.
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■•^^■^U^^Hb V* -j^ MAP NO. XIII. 131. This map is divided into two portions,the upper section showing a part of the Northern,the lower section a part of the Southern Hemis-phere. 132. Cygnus. The Swan. This constellation,represented in the upper part of the Map, is situ-ated South of Cepheus, Southeast of the head ofDraco, North of East from Lyra, and North-west of Pegasus; it contains 81 discernible stars.Deneb — a — a brilliant white star of the 1stmagnitude, with 20h 38m of Right Ascension, is28° a little South of East from Etanin, 24° alittle North of East from Vega, 18° a little Westof South from Alderamin, 38° a little East ofNorth from Altair, and 33° Northwest from ScheatPegasi, in direct line with Algenib at the oppositecorner of the Great Square. Its Declination is44° 50, North Polar Distance 45° 10; it is hencenearly in the Zenith of the Northern States whenon the Meridian. Southwest 6° from a is Sadr — j — a yellow col-ored star of the 3rd magnitude,

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