John Keill Quote

The fixed stars appear to be of different bignesses, not because they really are so, but because they are not all equally distant from us; those that are nearest will excel in Luster and Bigness; the more remote stars will give a fainter Light, and appear smaller to the Eye.


An Introduction to the True Astronomy, Lecture VI (p. 47), Printed for Bernard Lintot. 1721


The fixed stars appear to be of different bignesses, not because they really are so, but because they are not all equally distant from us; those that ...

The fixed stars appear to be of different bignesses, not because they really are so, but because they are not all equally distant from us; those that ...

The fixed stars appear to be of different bignesses, not because they really are so, but because they are not all equally distant from us; those that ...

The fixed stars appear to be of different bignesses, not because they really are so, but because they are not all equally distant from us; those that ...