 | David Thomson - 1831 - 316 Seiten
...name, even, for every Star visible to the naked eye, Astronomers distinguish the Stars as follows : the first letter of the Greek alphabet being attached...brightness, and so on. When the number of Stars in a Con» stellation exceeds the number of letters in the Greek alphabet, the letters of the 1talic alphabet... | |
 | 1836 - 496 Seiten
...constellation is designated by s, Alpha ; the next in brightness, by I, Beta ; the third, by >, Gamma ; and so on. When the number of stars in a constellation, exceeds the letters in the Greek alphabet, the letters of the Roman alphabet, a, b, c, d, &c. are applied to the... | |
 | John Gummere - 1837 - 506 Seiten
...brightness. The principal star in the constellation is named «, the second in order 0, the third y, and so on. When the number of stars in a constellation exceeds the letters in the Greek alphabet, the letters of the Roman alphabet are applied to the remainder in the... | |
 | Leonard Dunnell Gale - 1838 - 308 Seiten
...constellation is designated by a Alpha ; the next in brightness, by 0 Beta ; the third, by y Gamma; and so on. When the number of stars in a constellation, exceeds the letters in the Greek alphabet, the letters of the Roman alphabet, a, b, c, d, &c., are applied to the... | |
 | John Gummere - 1842 - 516 Seiten
...brightness. The principal star in the constellation is named «, the second 8, the third •>, and thus on. When the number of stars in a constellation exceeds the number of letters in the Greek alphabet, as it generally does, the remainder are designated by the letters of the Roman alphabet or by numbers.... | |
 | 1843 - 488 Seiten
...constellation is designated by «, Alpha ; the next in brightness, by ß, Beta ; the third, by >, Gamma ; and so on. When the number of stars in a constellation, exceeds the letters in the Greek alphabet, the letters of the Roman alphabet, a, b, c, d, &c. are applied to the... | |
 | John Gummere, Ezra Otis Kendall - 1854 - 484 Seiten
...brightness. The principal star in the constellation is usually named a, the second ]35 the third y, and thus on. When the number of stars in a constellation exceeds the number of letters in the Greek alphabet, as it generally does, the remainder are designated by the letters of the Roman alphabet or by numbers.... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1855 - 472 Seiten
...designated by the letters of the Greek alphabet, the first letters being given to the more splendid stars. When the number of stars in a constellation exceeds...letters in the Greek alphabet, the letters of the Roman alphabet are used ; and when these are exhausted, the remaining stars, if any, are expressed... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1855 - 350 Seiten
...designated by the letters of the Greek alphabet, the first letters being given to the more splendid stars. When the number of stars in a constellation. exceeds...letters in the Greek alphabet, the letters of the Roman alphabet are used ; and when these are exhausted, the remaining stars, if any, are expressed... | |
 | sir William Peck - 1885 - 72 Seiten
...constellation of Lyra, /? (Beta) the second brightest, and so on till all the Greek letters are exhausted. When the number of stars in a constellation exceeds the number of letters in the Greek alphabet, then small Roman letters are used in continuation, thus : — after ta (Omega) the last Greek letter,... | |
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Gamma ; and so on. When the number of stars in a constellation, exceeds the letters in the Greek alphabet, the letters of the Roman alphabet, a, b, c, d, &c. are applied to the remaining stars in the same manner ; and when these are not sufficient, the... 