The story of the sun, moon, and stars . THE GREAT BEAR 50,000 YEARS HENCE. just the same manner appear to travel round andround the Pole-star. But being further away, eachdips in turn below the horizon—or, as we call it, eachsets and rises again. And by the time we come toyet another circle of leading constellations, we reach IIO STORY OF THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS. those which are so far affected by the earths yearlyjourney as to be only visible through certain months,and to be hidden during other months. If we could stand exactly at the North Pole, duringpart of its six months night, we should
The story of the sun, moon, and stars . THE GREAT BEAR 50,000 YEARS HENCE. just the same manner appear to travel round andround the Pole-star. But being further away, eachdips in turn below the horizon—or, as we call it, eachsets and rises again. And by the time we come toyet another circle of leading constellations, we reach IIO STORY OF THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS. those which are so far affected by the earths yearlyjourney as to be only visible through certain months,and to be hidden during other months. If we could stand exactly at the North Pole, duringpart of its six months night, we should see the Pole-star just overhead, and all the constellations circlinground it once in every twenty-four hours. Those. CONSTKIXATION OF ORION, AS IT APPEARS NOW. nearest would move slowly, in a small ring. Thosefurthest, and lowest down, would in the same lengthof time sweep round the whole horizon. But thestars would not there seem to rise or set. If we werestanding at the South Pole, we should see exactly thesame kind of seeming movement, only with altogethera different set of stars. If we were standing on theEquator at night, we should see the rising and set-ting very plainly. The whole mass of stars wouldappear to rise regularly and evenly in an easterly di-rection, to pass steadily across the sky, each taking OUR neighbors movements. Ill its own straightforward path, and to set in a westerlydirection. We who are placed midway between the Pole andthe Equator, see a mixture of these two motions. Somestars seem to circle round and round, as all would doif we stood at the North Pole. Some stars seem torise and set, as all would do if we stood at the much for the seemingmovements of the sta
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