William Tyler Olcott

“ LIGHT-GIVING POWER OF THE STARS, SUNLIGHT BEING EQUAL TO UNITY [2] SIRIAN STARS SOLAR STARS Procyon 25 Aldebaran 70 Altair 25 Pollux 170 Sirius 40 Polaris 190 Regulus 110 Capella 220 Vega 2050 Arcturus 6200 The total light of the stars is estimated as equal to 1/80 of that of the full moon.
NEAREST LUCID STARS IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE Distance in Light Years according to Star Name Magnitude Todd Russell Gore Yale Univ. ”

“ A 5′′ telescope reveals stars down to the 12th magnitude, and Prof. Ritchey of the Mt. Wilson Observatory using the new 60′′ reflector has photographed by four-hour exposures stars probably as faint as the 20th or 21st magnitude. It has been estimated that the total number of stars within our ken photographically speaking is possibly 125 million.
Oldest Stars
(Red) Next in Order
(Yellow) Youngest Stars
(White) Antares Our Sun Sirius Aldebaran Capella Deneb Betelgeuse Pollux Procyon Arcturus Spica Altair Regulus
Periodic Comets Name Last Perihelion Period in Years Next Return Encke Sept. ”

“ Scintillation Secchi's type Mean Scintillation III 87 III 79 III 59 Scintillation is most pronounced in January and February, and magnetic storms and violent scintillations are absolutely coincident in point of time. ”