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Lecture Vi.

Star-Land: Being Talks With Young People About the Wonders of the Heavens · Robert S. Ball — chapter 6 of 12 · ~62 words · public domain

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STARS.

We try to make a Map--The Stars are Suns--The Numbers of the Stars--The Clusters of Stars--The Rank of the Earth as a Globe in Space--The Distances of the Stars--The Brightness and Color of Stars--Double Stars--How we find what the Stars are made of--The Nebulæ--What the Nebulæ are made of--Photographing the Nebulæ--Conclusion 318

CONCLUDING CHAPTER.

HOW TO NAME THE STARS. 381

STAR-LAND.

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