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It is clear, then, that what the learner wants is a set of maps specially constructed to show him in what part of the sky the constellations are to be looked for. He ought on any night of the year to be able to turn at once to the proper map, and in that map he ought to see at once what to look for, toward what point of the compass each visible constellation lies, and how high it is above the horizon. And, if possible (as the present work shows is the case), one map ought to suffice to exhibit the aspect of the whole heavens, in order that the beginner may not be confused by turning from map to map, and trying to find out how each fits in with the others.
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Half Hours with the Stars - Richard A. Proctor
Half Hours with the Stars
Half Hours with the Stars
INTRODUCTION ON THE USE OF THE MAPS.
MAP I. NIGHT SKY.—DECEMBER AND JANUARY.
MAP II. NIGHT SKY.—JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.
MAP III. NIGHT SKY.—FEBRUARY AND MARCH.
MAP IV. NIGHT SKY.—MARCH AND APRIL.
MAP V. NIGHT SKY.—APRIL AND MAY.
MAP VI. NIGHT SKY.—MAY AND JUNE.
MAP VII. NIGHT SKY.—JUNE AND JULY.
MAP VIII. NIGHT SKY.—JULY AND AUGUST.
MAP IX. NIGHT SKY.—AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
MAP X. NIGHT SKY.—SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.
MAP XI. NIGHT SKY.—OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER.
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Half Hours with the Stars
Richard A. Proctor
INTRODUCTION ON THE USE OF THE MAPS.
It is very easy to gain a knowledge of the stars, if the learner sets to work in the proper manner. But he commonly meets with a difficulty at the outset of his task. He provides himself with a set of the ordinary star maps, and then finds himself at a loss how to make use of them. Such maps tell him nothing of the position of the constellations on the sky . If he happen to recognize a constellation, then indeed his maps, if properly constructed, will tell him the names of the stars forming the constellation, and also he may be able to recognize a few of the neighboring constellations. But when he has done this he may meet with a new difficulty, even as respects this very constellation. For if he look for it again some months later, he will neither find it in its former place nor will it present the same aspect,—if indeed it happen to be above the horizon at all.
It is clear, then, that what the learner wants is a set of maps specially constructed to show him in what part of the sky the constellations are to be looked for. He ought on any night of the year to be able to turn at once to the proper map, and in that map he ought to see at once what to look for, toward what point of the compass each visible constellation lies, and how high it is above the horizon. And, if possible (as the present work shows is the case), one map ought to suffice to exhibit the aspect of the whole heavens, in order that the beginner may not be confused by turning from map to map, and trying to find out how each fits in with the others.
It is to fulfil these requirements that the present maps have been constructed. Each exhibits the aspect of the whole sky at a given day