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SCIENCE OF HOME AND COMMUNITY 



objective forms an image of a distant object somewhere 

 inside the tube and the eyepiece is placed in such a position 

 that it is focused on this image and enlarges it. 



FIG. 212. The Yerkes telescope of the University of Chicago. Cost about 

 $125,000. Lenses 40 inches in diameter. 



Stars. The first thing that impresses one as he looks at 

 the night sky is the number of stars. But while there are 

 a great many, the number seen is not as great as one thinks. 



