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ARGO

ARGO, or Navis, in astronomy, is a constellation of fixed stars, in the Southern Hemisphere. See STAR and CONSTELLATION.


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ARMILLARY

ARMILLARY, Armillaris, in Astronomy, an Epithet given to an artificial Sphere, composed of a Number of Metalline Circles, representative of the several Circles of the Mundane Sphere, put together in their natural Order.

See SPHERE and CIRCLE.

Armillary Spheres ease and assist the Imagination to conceive the Constitution of the Heavens, and the Motions of the heavenly Bodies. See HEAVEN, SUN, PLANET, etc.


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ASTERISM

ASTERISM, Asterismus, in Astronomy, the same with Constellation. See CONSTELLATION.

The Word comes from the Greek ἀστήρ, Stella, Star.


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AUGES

AUGES, in Astronomy, two points in a planet’s orbit otherwise called apsides. See APSIDES. One of the auges is particularly denominated the apogee, the other perigee. See APOGEE and PERIGEE.


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AURIGA

AURIGA, in Astronomy, the Waggoner; a Constellation of fixed Stars in the Northern Hemisphere. See STAR and CONSTELLATION. The Stars in the Constellation Auriga, in Ptolemy’s Catalogue are 14; in Tycho’s 22; in the Britannic Catalogue 66; the Longitudes, Latitudes, Magnitudes, etc. are as follow.

Stars in the Constellation Auriga.


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