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CHAPTER XVI

The Children's Book of Stars · G. E. Mitton — chapter 1 of 17 · ~176 words · public domain

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STAR CLUSTERS AND NEBULÆ 197

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THE MOON-CHILD MUST KEEP ON RUNNING ROUND HER Frontispiece

FACING PAGE

THE EARTH AND MOON HANGING IN SPACE 16

THE ENGLISH SUMMER AND WINTER 40

JUPITER AND ONE OF HIS MOONS 70

THE PLANET SATURN AND TWO OF HIS MOONS 78

FLAMES FROM THE SUN 100

THE COMET IN THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY 104

A STICK THRUST INTO THE WATER APPEARS CROOKED 114

CONSTELLATIONS NEAR THE POLE STAR 150

ORION AND HIS NEIGHBOURS 154

THE SPECTRUM OF THE SUN AND SIRIUS 168

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THE MOON facing 24

AN ECLIPSE OF THE MOON 28

AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN 29

THE MOON RAISING THE TIDES 30

COMPARATIVE SIZES OF THE PLANETS 35

DIFFERENT PHASES OF VENUS 51

ORBITS OF MARS, THE EARTH, VENUS, AND MERCURY 55

MAP OF MARS facing 56

ORBITS OF THE EARTH AND MARS 63

JUPITER AND HIS PRINCIPAL MOONS 72

SUN-SPOTS facing 98

A GREAT COMET " 118

THE GREAT NEBULA IN ANDROMEDA " 202

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