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The Hiiky ssy. ~ gzlASy, p2s-rs
ihrugsh The heavens frum the n-srtb.s';
point e The haunnu - ths suthS~s;
j. pAs~~ :" the narth g The s~niih IL
NAV bc ..ru - - double In ihr Suth-
S..:.ru ;-,fgir1
Airns the line q hrs dsn~ pAth &C.;
star. Arv k~a,~i several u,il marked
constellation. In The NORTHEASTERN
f~-rrtiun. ia; rising. ). AuTls1, marked
by i've bright ,'Ar,t'rmsng a lArcv b..
regular I~uis-uu the bTEai~,t # ihvs
Z. he beautiful lar CapclA NrNf &C.
the .Jn- # the GALAXY. toward iur
z~Uith, u au Ar q s;ars marking fr-
--u. Atsssr Fcr~.s.. Ja.i east & thy
MERIDIAN aui north e the Esa'h, -
Ct,,Ipp-iA, marked - i've STAR, IN thr
form f = rude VI or ". some tts-
taEyr to the Wc-t 4 CAssioPcla. IN IN
~.alaNt. !, IA" t,rcAi Cross. of C,urI>.
marked hy three bright and tsu PAL,
,tAT>, arranged iH the form Il = Latin
cross. Further ou. IN ths ~,uthr5u g-sr-
ton # the double part 81; the :~aiaNy, =
4 bright star. Affair. having a pslvT
star ON either ~. e Il. equally distant
from IT,. Ihc~r mark Aquila Nj far
from Aquils. toward the zenith. :. l-
Gated a small rhumhu, or diamond
shaped iEurr, boating IN. dolphin. fr,r
g~urntly spoken # A. jobs cuAln sag
ittuu> ha, Just passed INTO the haze 4
the >nuthw y>tcrn horizon
Ju,; north If the western portion If
the GALAXY J. the "a Vega, she pUuri-
pal ,;Ar II Lyra. VEGA and Capcila. or
Aurica, are located ou opposite side, "i
the north star, equally distant from H.
They are IL the same magnitude. and
~ thu hour are If the same altitude
IRA Major J. low down IN the northern
horizon. lr>I Minor extends from the
north star toward the western paint ii
the horizon. Dr1co occupies the large
space in the northwest, unmarked los
any conspicuous stars. iicrrulv- aud
the >erpcnt-bcarrr occupy the REGION IA
the west below Vega.
Face the east and no one can fail tn
identify the planet Mar. the very large
red star. midway between the eastern
horizon aud the zenith. Mars 4, IN the
constellation Taurus. just to the left
If Mars arc the rleiadr> (-cv"n sjAr~l
on the shoulder If Taurus. aud below
the rlciadc>, "nc-third the distance to
the horizon. are the HyNic, IN the face
If Taurus. The llyadc> are marked hy
five stars forming the letter \ Tn,
brightest If these i Aldchlran.
Face the south and the great planet
Jupiter i recognized, having passed the
meridian nearly an hour before. Mid
way between Mar and Jupiter l. 4 III.
very star, much fainter han either Il
them, hut much brighter than any star
near il. Thi, i, the planet Saturn.
Saturn j. in the constellation iI~cc~.
The two fish are on either side uf Saturn,
the one midway between Mar aud
Saturn, the other midway between ia
pi,cr and Saturn. They are not marked
toy bright stars. Jupiter i IN Aluaru-.
Just north of Jupiter i "A small triangle
of stars with a star in the center. These
locate the urn IF AJuariuS. On h east
If Jupiter a great number If small stars
form the Southern River, and q bright
Just south uf Jupiter i in the eve uf
the Southern Fish. Pegasus i in the
zenith, located 10y four stars that form
the Great square. A~ndrum"ia l.
marked lay th" brightest II the - n stars
in the square, and three Others extend
ing in a line toward the northeast. The
nchula If Andrnm",la j. immediately in
the zenith. and upon "A clear, dark night
i quite distinctly sccn ~ u tiny mist or
The first hour circle. from which right
ascension i rcckoned. l. u line passing
through the north star. the westerly star
IF Ca>Siopcil, aud the W. caSt"rly star,
If the Great Square. This circle marks
the vcrnal equinox by its Intersection
with the %eIuinoXial. IL IN la the
meridian n . O'Clock.
The line If the c~guinoNial, which i
he intersection If the plane 81 III"
equator with the sky, passes
from the due east point Ia the west.
j. very near it, Jupiter i south
Il il, Mars i north IF IT.
IL i desirable that those who wish 90
learn to locate stars and consultations
earn the location of these lines. In
irving Ia learn the consultations, be-
familiar with a few of the most
conspicuous groups, and Keeping these
we'll in mind il will be- easy To learn the
more obscure.
BY 10 O'Clock, two hours later, the
considerations mentioned will have
moved 81 degrees toward III" west. In
he east Gcmini will have risen just
north Of the east point. and Orion will
rave risen la the south If the east point.
The Dog star will be just on the hori-
on nearly due east. BY midnight the
heavens will have assumed all the
,randeur displayed by the early even
NJ sky in winter.