Astronomy and the use of the Globes |
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Aldebaran analemma antipodes antoci April Arcturus Atair axis azimuth Benetnasch Botany Bay brass meridian Bring the given Bring the sun's Cairo Cape Horn Capella clocks constellations Cor Caroli Denebola difference of longitude Earth eclipse Edinburgh Elevate the pole English miles equator EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE find the latitude find the sun's following places following stars Fomalhaut frigid zone given day given hour given place Helena horizon inferior conjunction Jamaica June 21 latitude latitude and longitude Lima longest day longitude lunar eclipse March 21 Menkar midnight month Moon motion night noon number of degrees observed orbit Otaheite p. m. at London Petersburg planet PROBLEM quadrant QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION Quito Regulus Rigel right ascension Rio Janeiro Rome Sept set the index shine without setting Sirius solar sun is vertical sun rise sun's altitude sun's declination sun's meridian altitude sun's place Turn the globe twilight Vega