New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09
STIRS TISIBLE IN july.
SOME OF THE GREAT LIGHTS THAT NAY BE
SEEN IN THE SKY THIS MONTH.

SOME OF THE GREAT LIGHTS THAT NAY BE
SEEN N THE SKY THIS MONTH.
Many of the stars visible this month mosS
Interesting 10 the student Of astronomy. Arc
tuuS may be little southwest OF the zenith,
Vega a little northeast Of the same point Both
are splendid stars though they differ in color and
belong 10 different classes. Arcturus, which
is yellow Is II solar STAR: that Is TO say, II Is
thought to belong. in point Of time, TO the same
period that OF our own sun. The light OF Vega
Is blush white, and Il is clasScd with sirius: that
Is TO say, II Is believed 10 be sun in the earliest
stage of cosmic life. Nearly south, about one
fourth the distance from the horizon to the zenith,
Is a red star called Antares Like other red stars
1t is thought to be a decadent sun. almost burned
cut The red color Is probably due to great masses
Of aqueous vapors floating about IT, When II be-
comes cool enough these vapors will be precpa.
tatcd upon II, and what Is now n sun will become
n planet In the southwest is Splca. the wheat-Ear
in the constellation Virgo In the east, Nto~
higher Nd IS Affair These two belong 10 IL
silian class OF stars little east OF south -
the scorpion. at the centre OF which Is the sta
Antarcs. already mentioned. sometimes called the
Scorpions Heart" The constellation Kite Is
little TO the left OF the Scorpion
SaCttarius, the Archer, Is only partly above the
horizon It may be said by the way, In passing,
that In most cases 1t Is wholly impossible 10 trace
the resembances 10 scorpions and the IKE, WHICH
the ancicnts thought they saw. The Scorpion and
the Archer contain number OF brilliant stars,
which are now very noticeable But only those
who use glass many Of the stars which
are characteristic OF the heavens at this sea-
SON. Even a good opera glass Will reveal many
noteworthy groups Of stars.
Almost In the northeast IS CygnUs the swan.
From the circumstance that its brightest
stars appear the form OF cross II is sometimes
called the Northern Cross" Nobody. OF course,
needs to De told where the Great Dipper" is, and
that its two stars In the bowl opposite the handle
point 10 the Polar star. The Romans called this
donsteIat,on she expenditures, somstimes inter-
preted TO mean the Seven Flow Oxen. They also
called 1t the Cart and the Pole. The Greeks called
II the Chariot. The Germans followed this thought
and called 1t Karl's Wagon" The same idea got
over into England, whore IL was called "Charles's
Vain" though the popular name In England for
the, constellation l. the Ilow. The handle OF the
Dipper forms the tail OF Ursa Major. Great
Eoar, only portion Of which is now visible above
the horizon. Tile middle OF the three Is
Mizar. Close TO 1t may be seen by those With good
eyes star which the Arabs call Alcor the Tester,
because the ability 10 see IL was regarded as a test
OF good eyes ght. Mar l. really double star,
may be discovered by viewing II through telescope
Cf mode ate power Moreover, Professor Pickering,
Of the Harvard Observatory, discovered recently
hat there Is another star near II, whose presence
can only be revealed by the spectrum In conluno-
ton with photography.
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