Evening Amusements: Or, the Beauty of the Heavens Displayed...William Frend J. Mawman., 1820 - Astronomy |
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... southern latitude now increases to the 14th , when it is at noon little more than five degrees , in the seventh de- gree of the tenth sign ( W ) ; and it then de- creases to the 20th , when she passes the eclip- tick in her ascending ...
... southern latitude now increases to the 14th , when it is at noon little more than five degrees , in the seventh de- gree of the tenth sign ( W ) ; and it then de- creases to the 20th , when she passes the eclip- tick in her ascending ...
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... southern latitude in- creases to the end of the month , when it is fifty- eight minutes , in the twenty second degree of this sign . His motion is direct . On the Ist , his height above the horizon at Sun - rise is under ten degrees ...
... southern latitude in- creases to the end of the month , when it is fifty- eight minutes , in the twenty second degree of this sign . His motion is direct . On the Ist , his height above the horizon at Sun - rise is under ten degrees ...
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... southern latitude increases to the 10th , when it is at noon five degrees nine minutes , in the thirtieth degree of the ninth sign ( † ) ; and it then decreases to the 16th , when she passes the ecliptick in her ascending node , between ...
... southern latitude increases to the 10th , when it is at noon five degrees nine minutes , in the thirtieth degree of the ninth sign ( † ) ; and it then decreases to the 16th , when she passes the ecliptick in her ascending node , between ...
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... southern latitude for an eclipse . On the 15th , the crescent of the Moon is seen under Saturn and Venus , and nearest to the lat- ter planet ; but she will have passed them both before her next appearance . On the 16th , she is seen ...
... southern latitude for an eclipse . On the 15th , the crescent of the Moon is seen under Saturn and Venus , and nearest to the lat- ter planet ; but she will have passed them both before her next appearance . On the 16th , she is seen ...
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... southern latitude will permit him to be detected by few observers . His latitude , on the 1st , is one degree five mi- nutes , in the twenty - fourth degree of ( W ) the tenth sign ; and it increases to the 19th , when it is two degrees ...
... southern latitude will permit him to be detected by few observers . His latitude , on the 1st , is one degree five mi- nutes , in the twenty - fourth degree of ( W ) the tenth sign ; and it increases to the 19th , when it is two degrees ...
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afternoon annular annular eclipse appearance Archer ascending node astronomers barren space Ceres comet constellation Crab creases decreases degrees and three directing her course distance east eclipse eighth degree errour fifth sign five degrees fixed stars four degrees four small stars four stars fourth sign Goat gree half past heavens hour Hyades inferior conjunction Jupiter latitude increases latter star Lion Mars meridian minutes past eight minutes past eleven minutes past nine minutes south Moon passes Moon rises Moon-set morning star motion being direct Nautical Almanack nearest ninth sign noon northern observed passed this star passes the ecliptick past seven planet Pleiades Regulus Saturn seven degrees seventh sign sixth sign southern latitude Spica stars in square stars in triangle Sun-rise tail third sign thirty-eight minutes thirty-one minutes thirty-two minutes three degrees three first stars twelfth sign twenty twenty-nine minutes twenty-sixth degree Twins Venus Virgin volume for 1806
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