The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-07

rus the Bull below the now familiar Perseus,
and on the left Aurlga the Charioteer. ANA
SO month after mouth the eastern cOnsteila-
tons add to cur learners knowledge, yet so
easily, because of the way in which he
passes from the known to the unknown,
that there is no labor in any part OF the in
quiry.
The study Of the stars in the west pro-
ceeds somewhat differently; for here the
star groups seen above the horizon one
month are below the horizon the next
month. Still the western stars can always
be learned from neighboring circnmpolar
consultations already learned. And the
study of consultations i'll the west IS par
tlcularly instructive because OF the en-
tirely different aspect which they have
there from that which they had some
five months before, or will have some seven
months after in the east.
The stars i'll the south are passed to from
overhead where'the constellation is always
one of the circumpolar set already learned.
But after consultations in the east and west
have been learned we have these as they
pass to the south helping to guide US to other
star groups lower down toward the south
And here the learner reaches the most IN
teresting part of his studies. For the stars
seen low down toward the south in our
northern ATTITUDES, belong to the southern
half of the heavens, and in looking at them
we are III reality observing parts of the
heavens belonging to circumpolar regions
for the inhabitants of the southern hemls-
phere of the earth.
1t may be interesting, then, to note what
are the consultations toward the south, and
low down SAY not more than half way up
toward the point overhead i'll the middle
ATTITUDES of the United States, at the same
hours an2~tA,sr saTrie successive monthly
intervals, which We have already partially
dealt with in considering stars recently
risen above the eastern horizon.
Starting as before from midSummar's day
or rather night, we have the following con-
stelations above the southern horiZon:
On June 81, at 10 O'Clock p. M, the strik-
ing constellation Scorpio is due south, low
down with Sagittarius the Archer on the
left extending as far as the southeast and
on the right, a part of Lupus the Wolf, and
IA little southwark still of southwest the
head and shoulders of the CenJaur. Above
the Scorpion is the SerpentBearer, in
"Ophinchus large" as Milton calls the con-
stellation, the serpent's neck and head being
reared high toward the point overhead,
slightly west of due north.
On July %, at 10 o'clock p. M, the Ar
her is near the south, Capricornus the Sea
Goat in the southeast. The Centaur has set,
and the Wolf has nearly set; but the rest OF
the stars visible in the southern skies a
month earlier can still be recognized though
shifted over toward the west.
On Aug. %, at 10 O'Clock p. m, the Sea
Goats head has reached the south. But
this zOdiacal constellation is not SO low
down as its two predecessors the Scorpion
and Archer had been. Below it can be
seen the head star of Indus, the Indian, due
sout1, part of the head Of Grus, the Crane,
on the east of Indus, and farther east still
the bright star Fomahant marking the
head of the Southern Fish. Above the
head of the Sea Goat is seen Aquila the
eagle, a fine constellation, high up with the
littleDolphin on its left-the next constella-
ton above the Eagle being the Swan now
exactly overhead.
the Water Bearer has come to the south, a
little higher than the Sea Goat had been.
Below it Fornalhant shines with full brill
lance nearly at its highest and due south
the greater part Of the Crane can be seem
Above the Water Bearer is the winged
horse, Pegasus.
On Oct. %, at 10 o'clock p. M, there are
very few conspicuous stars toward the south.
A few stars OF the southern constellation
Phoenix can be seen. The large
but struggling constellation Pisces
the Fishes-extends over the south,
but few save astronomers will recognize the
westernmc st fish, marked by a fish-shaped
curve Of small stars close under the Winged
Horse upside down in this part Of his
career.l This group Of stars not only
marked the westernmost fish in old times,
but wing Of Pegasus Eridanus the
River is coming on toward the south--now
low down in the southeast, and above it is
the great constellation Cetus mot whale,
despite its name, the Sea Monster
On Nov. %, at 10 o'clock. p. m, the Sea
Monster is due south, above him due south
but high toward the zenith, is Aries the
Ram. The struggling Eridamus occupies
the whole space between the southeastern
horizon and the Whale
On Dec. %, at 10 o'clock D. M, Eridamus
struggles over the south extending more
than half way to the zenith, a point overhead.
Higher and due south is Taurus, the Bull.
In the southeast, the brilliant Sirius guides
the eye to the Greater Dog, above which is
the giant Orion, grandeSt of all the constel-
lations
On Jan. 90, at 10 o'clock p. M, Orion is
due south, midway between the zenith and
the horizon. Below and on the left is the
Greater Dog. Due southeast and n bout as
high as Orion's belt in the south, is the Les
ser Dog, distinguished by the bright star
Procyon. This star Sirius, and Betelgeux
the left shoulder star of Orion make a
splendid equal-sided triangle in the south
eastern skies. Above the Lesser Dog, far
up toward the zenith, we sec. Gemini, the
Twins, known by the equal second magul-
tude stars, Castor and Pollux, and extend
ing very nearly to the south above Betel-
geux.
On Feb. 81, at 10 O'Clock p. m, Cancer,
the Crab, is the southern constellation,
nearly as high up as Gemini had been
the previous month. 1t used to DO called
the dark constellation, so few con-
spicuous stars are there within its
limits. But there is an interest
ing cluster, Pr8s0pe, or the Beehive,
not so conspicuous as the Pleiades, in the
Bull, yet very obvious to the naked eye.
The great vacant space between the Crab
and the southeastern horizon will be noticed.
Alphard, the Solitary One, called also Cor
Hydro, the Sea Serpent's Heart.
On March %, at 10 o'clock p m, Leo, the
Lion, is the southern zodiscal constellation
still high up. Below is the Sea Serpent
struggling toward the southeastern horizon.
Crater and Corvus, the Cup aud Crow, ara
above this portion of his back. Corvus on
the left and almost due southeast, low down.
On April %, at 10 o'clock p M, Corvus
and Crater occupy the southern midheavens,
the westernmost part Of the zodiacAl con-
ISOLATION Virgo extending over them, and
the Sea Serpent passing along under them
far toward the southeast. The Centaur's
head and shoulders have come into view,
low down between the south and the south
east.
Lastly, on May %, at 10 o'clock p. m., the
Centaur and Wolf, as much of them at least
az can ever be seen in these ATTITUDES, are