The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11

VI ""'Si, at aulstance OF about
two degrees, is third magnitude star.
A line drawn through these three stars
points toward Vego. The larger star is
Altar in the Eagle. East of the Eagle
and south of Cygnus is small, well.
marked group called the Dolphin, and
sometimes Jobs coffin. The observer
will notice that
THE MILKY WAY,
Streaming up from Cassiopeia and envel. |
oping Cygnus, passes between Vega and |
Altar IN two branches, the portion lying |
near Affair being unusually brilliant. |
Passing on toward the SOUTH the Milky |
Way becomes exceedingly bright in
olond-hAss sjstches just above the horizon.
Right here the figure of a short inverted
dipper, called the Milk Dipper, is SEEN
This marks the zodiacal constellation OF
Sagittarius. West of Sagittarius and at
about an equal distance above the hori-
zon Is Scorpio. Its principle star, An
tares, Is one of the chief ornaments OF
the midsummer sky. 1t will be readily
recognized by its fiery hue, and a four
inch telescope will show little green
star half hidden in its rays. There are two
smaller stars near Antares, which, with
it, form slightly crooked line, recalling
| tha fiutira aboya iasorsiaJ - tbo Ea.,la
A long, crooked line of stars below and
| to the left of Antares marks the trailing
body of the Scorpion. To the right OF
and above 4Antares are three or four stars
lying nearly in line at right angles to
the line formed by Antares and the stars
near it. They are in the claws and head
of the Scorpion. Two of these stars are
OF the second magnitude, and the north
ermost of the two is Beta Scorpii, fine
double. Still further to the right two
second magnitude stars will be seen in a
rather blank region, so far as large stars
are concerned. These mark the two
scales Of the balance in Libra. Their
names are so odd that the curious OBJ
server may like to learn them. The
southern star is called zubenelgepubi,
and the northern one Zubeneschemali.
Turning now to the region overhead,
the observer will see, nearly in the
zenith, a constellation which possesses
peculiar interest, because it lies directly
in the path along which the solar system
is advancing through space. This is the
constellation of Hercules
Towards this constellation the sun and
all his planets are rushing at the rate Of
some 400, 900 miles day. Hercules can
be distingui he'd by four stars which form
four-sided figure, the southern end o.
which is narrower than the northern
end. Looking at the two stars which
form the western side of this figure, ant
running his eye. from the northern sta
about one.third Of the way to the south
, ern one, the observer will see what ap
, pears to be very faint star. On turn
ing the telescope upon the object he will
/ behold instead of one star compac
! globular mass of stars, so numerous ant
so closely aggregated that only the out
lying ones can be separately distin
n guished, although the whole mass has
t sparkling appearance, which indicate
f its real nature. Nowhere in the heaven
4 is there more astonishing spectacle tina
l. this strange congregation Of suns. Ho'
v many thousands of them there are "
a have no means Of telling.