... Any other star is unreliable for determining direction--it will move across the sky, and may even set--but not this one. ... Even early sky-watchers noted that a few moved about: the ancient Greeks called them " planets ", wanderers. ...
... Any other star is unreliable for determining direction--it will move across the sky, and may even set--but not this one. ... Even early sky-watchers noted that a few moved about: the ancient Greeks called them " planets ", wanderers. ...
... Since the two have very nearly the same size in the sky, even though one of them is 19 times more distant, the Sun must also be 19 times larger in diameter than the Moon. ...
... You go out in the early evening in winter and see Orion in the sky. ... now it is the constellation of Leo the lion that is in full view in the eveningsky ... evening constellations open up eastward: you could not see Leo in the winter ...
... You go out in the early evening in winter and see Orion in the sky. ... now it is the constellation of Leo the lion that is in full view in the eveningsky ... evening constellations open up eastward: you could not see Leo in the winter ...
... It is hard to check out such theories, and the directions from which cosmic rays arrive do not tell anything, for they cover the skyevenly, having been thoroughly scrambled by galactic magnetic fields. ...
... same spoke from the pole, if you will) as the constellation of Leo, which is prominent in the eveningsky in March and April ... Maybe even in December-January, if they look at the sky before sunrise. October is not a good time, however! ...
... It is hard to check out such theories, and the directions from which cosmic rays arrive do not tell anything, for they cover the skyevenly, having been thoroughly scrambled by galactic magnetic fields. ...
... same spoke from the pole, if you will) as the constellation of Leo, which is prominent in the eveningsky in March and April ... Maybe even in December-January, if they look at the sky before sunrise. October is not a good time, however! ...
... You go out in the early evening in winter and see Orion in the sky. ... now it is the constellation of Leo the lion that is in full view in the eveningsky ... evening constellations open up eastward: you could not see Leo in the winter ...