The Midnight Sky: Familiar Notes on the Stars and Planets

aërolite Aldebaran Alpha Alpherat Andromeda appearance Aquila Arcturus Argo Navis astronomers Auriga Australis Beta Beta Auriga Betelgeuse Boötes bright stars brilliant Canis Canis Minor Capella Cassiopeia Castor celestial Centaurus Cepheus chief stars colour comet constellation Cor Caroli Corona Borealis Crux Australis Cygni Cygnus dark diagram diameter direction disk distance double stars Draco Draconis Earth east eclipse Eridanus fixed stars Gamma Gamma Pegasi heavens Hercules INDEX-MAP John Herschel Jupiter Kocab light looking north looking south Lyra meridian meteors MIDNIGHT SKY miles Milky Moon naked eye nearly nebula northern objects observed occupied Ophiuchus orbit Orion pass Pegasus Perseus planet Polaris pole Pollux portion position principal stars Procyon Regulus remarkable Scorpio second magnitude seen Sir John Herschel Sirius SKY AT LONDON small constellation solar south horizon southern hemisphere spectrum Spica stellar Taurus telescope third magnitude Ursa Major Ursa Minor Vega Venus Virgo visible zenith zodiac